An alpha. The head of the cult was a wolf? I wasn’t expecting that.
I didn’t budge. We couldn’t seem too willing. Any alpha worth their salt would smell a trick. “If it’s all the same to you, we’d just like your permission to cross through your territory. Or edge around it. We don’t mean to be any trouble.”
The stranger smiled. “You’re protective. I understand that. But surely you can see that your mate is injured, exhausted, and starving. Let us help you both prepare for the journey ahead.”
“Please,” Lunessa whispered loudly. “Please, I don’t think I can make it anymore.”
I clenched my jaw before nodding. It was all I could do not to say take me to your leader.
The compound was underground. I was impressed. Either they’d build it in secret a long time ago or they’d found it abandoned
