Royal Alpha POV
Back at the palace, after yet another fruitless visit to a neighboring pack, I stood in my crowded board room. I was surrounded by advisors and commanders all talking to and over each other at once, while messengers came and went.
Despite the bustle around me, I struggled to feel like anything was actually getting done.
We were doing our best to manage this horrible situation, but the simple truth was that our resources were dwindling.
It wouldn’t be long before we faced being completely overrun by the bands of rogues plaguing every border of the kingdom.
There were so many parallels between what was happening right now and my earliest days on the throne, when it seemed like the entire world was in chaos.
I’d fought long and hard to bring peace to my pack, and to the
