Troy The meeting concluded much as it started. Same as yesterday and the day before. Last week and the week before. Every day since I installed Kiana into my home. The elders were unhappy. Normally, I met with the elders once a month, but every day for weeks, they found a way to call an emergency meeting. There were two still in my office when the phone rang. The line that only a few others had. The other alphas. Celine and Calden stilled. After a second of consideration, I nodded to them and answered the call on speaker. “Troy.” “Claudine.” Ah, Claudine Frost. Alpha of Indigo Peak. “Claudine, you’re on speaker with two of my elders. Are you calling to share your displeasure again?” Claudine was the alpha who threatened Finn’s death as a child unless his father came clean about

