Adelaide's POV
I went to bed late, so I was surprised when Beata came to report early in the morning.
She said Velda was causing a commotion outside the pack's borders, demanding to see me. They couldn't drive her away, so they had no choice but to wake me.
I sat up in bed, groggy and dazed for a moment—she had actually come.
I became more alert. I communicated with my wolf and had it enhance my hearing. Sure enough, the distant noise from the pack's borders was intense—it was Velda's voice.
The back of my neck suddenly felt hot, and cedar pheromones escaped my control.
Velda's pine needle scent mixed with wolfsbane lingered like an ice pick piercing the Frostfang Pack's barrier.
Cedric made a weak whimpering sound in the next room. His silver-blue pupils narrowed into slits through
