RHEA But the pack meeting this time felt different. Less chaotic, more purposeful. We were past the initial panic — we’d entered a mode of survival, and wolves were looking for directions. I was at Darius’s side as he spoke to the pack. Agent Martinez of the NHI Task Force, he wants us to come in and sign up voluntarily. Provide names, locations, organizational structure. And in return, he says, he’ll protect us from a more aggressive government response. The reaction was immediate — and split. "It's a trap!" someone shouted. “They will use that data to track us down!” "Maybe," Marcus countered. “Or perhaps our only hope of protection under the law.” Elder Chen spoke up. “There is a long history of governments persecuting minority groups and making people register on the basis of th

