“Sir?” Ethan asked. He stood ready.
“There’s a doctrine, centuries old. It states in times of desperate need, I am allowed to recall any and all members of my pack back using my authority.”
Ethan gave me a strange look. “You wish to recall everyone, Alpha?”
I had to, to enact this doctrine. It wouldn’t make me terribly popular for a time among some of the more well-rounded travelers of our group, I knew, but in this instance, I had to ruffle a few feathers to ensure Amelia returned to me.
“Yes,” I said. “Bring Amelia back, Ethan. Send the soldiers if you have to. Her place is here, and I’m done pretending otherwise.”
Amelia’s registration with the werewolf realm still identified her as belonging to this pack. As we never divorced, she was still mine. For her to refuse this doctrine wo
