Third Person's POV
Sidney gripped Adelaide's wrist tightly, glancing outside, her breathing labored.
The ashen wolf fur at the back of her neck brushed against the silver bracelet on Adelaide's wrist. Cedar pheromones mixed with a shuddering tone, "Listen to me, Germain's no good. He and Madison have been scheming secretly for years."
Adelaide's moon mark blazed hot at the nape of her neck. Silver-blue blood beads welled from her elongated claws.
"What?" she gasped.
Her pupils slit like ice in the candlelight. The Alpha presence of the Shadowfang Pack surged, frost spreading across the carpet. The hot cocoa Paisley brought in trembled and rippled.
Adelaide swiftly dismissed everyone and posted Paisley on guard.
Paisley stood at the door, her ears flattened from the Alpha aura.
"Sid
