STRANGE BEDFELLOWS ~TATE'S POV~ The Nightshade Pack warriors arrived at dawn. Twenty of them, led by Marcus's Beta, a scarred wolf named Garrett. They wore uninterested expressions, but I could feel the tension spreading out from every Silverfang warrior who watched them enter our territory. These were the wolves who'd attacked us. Who'd killed Pack members. Now they walked through our gates like allies. "This is insane," Aaron muttered as he passed me. "We shouldn't trust them." "We don't have to trust them," I said quietly. "We just have to work with them." The joint strategy session took place in the war room. Marcus stood on one side of the table with his Beta and three senior warriors. Mathias, Daxon, Marcus Sr., and I stood on the other side. Vida observed from the corner, her

