The aftermath of the battle was a grim tally of losses. The Estate was half-ruined, a dozen of our brave pack members were in the infirmary, and the “secret” of the twins was now out in the human world.
We were gathered in the tactical room and the only part of the house that was still secure. Kael was there, his arm in a sling, his face pale. Killian sat at the head of the table, his wounds patched, but his eyes still haunted.
“The strike team was from the ‘Aegis Initiative,’” Kael explained, tapping a tablet that showed the symbols on the hunters’ gear. “They are a black-budget human organization dedicated to ‘managing’ supernatural threats. For years, they stayed in the shadows, letting the packs police themselves. But after what happened in the North... they’ve decided the wolves are
