MALYKA: Lila and I are what you would call ‘birds of a feather’. We both came into this pack at around the same time and we both had to learn to fight or be devoured. We’re roughly the same age and our wolves are pretty similar in size. She is my equal in all ways but one. I am Alpha, and she is not. I could never understand exactly why Alpha Chern chose me to be his successor over her, or why he chose either of us for that matter. I would never let her see it, my doubts, my musing over why Chern may have chosen me over her. Alpha Chern dictated she become my Beta, just like he dictated I become Alpha after his death. Lila knows exactly what’s going on my head, she knows why I’m doing this. She understands that I want to show the power within me why I’m worthy of it, because I’m certa

