64: His trial—which they have politely called a hearing—starts at mid-morning, and there’s nothing he can do but wait until then. The six of them are sitting around a small room in the council building that probably once served as guard chambers that now the council uses to deliberate. It’s a horrible little room. All black marble with just a few scattered red settees, but it keeps them away from the curious stares of the wolves entering and exiting the council chamber. They’ve been talking to each other for the past hour. His mother have been giving Aurora a history lesson while Kailyn and Damian bicker. Nothing particularly heavy— —except the tension. He has tried to prepare his family and his pack for the potential—and frankly, destined—outcome of today, but no one was partic

