My frown deepened. A knot curled in my gut, a bad feeling pressing into me harder than I wanted to admit. I didn't even know why but it was there, gnawing.
I pressed the phone to my ear, spine stiff, blood boiling. The line clicked and the moment I heard the silence on the other end, I barked, "What the f**k is your problem? Are you out of your goddamned mind? Disrupting my sleep? It's Saturday! Aren't you only meant to call during weekdays?!"
The noise on the other end from voices chattering, and a low hum went silent in an instant. Then Tristan, my beta's voice came, heavy with guilt.
"Alpha…" he sighed. "Three neighboring Packs—the ones interested in the gold business, they sent emails yesterday. They wanted an urgent meeting. They're already here. They've been waiting in the confere
