Alpha Roan. "Ten wolves were attacked and killed last night, and we don't believe it was the Red Wolves. The bite marks and the shape of the lacerations on the bodies are... something different." The chief of the Aegil unit reports to me. I'm scanning the official documents, looking at the names of the dead, when the door to my office flies open and Stravus barges in like a man possessed. I raise a single eyebrow. Does he have a death wish? "What are you doing?" Landon asks. A beta knows better than anyone that I have back-to-back meetings at this hour. Nothing, warrants this kind of interruption except the pack house is on fire. "I really need to speak with you, Roan. Now." Stravus ignores Landon. I look at Landon and he gets the four officials out of the room. The moment the doo

