Tamara As we arrived back in the pack, I could clearly see pack members stopping in their tracks to stare at us. Their eyes were dripping with judgment. Of course they knew. Word had already probably spread that the outsider had spent the night alone in the woods with their precious Alpha. North ignored them as he marched straight toward the door of his office. I kept my head held high, forcing my trembling legs to keep moving, while Beta Kain closed the doors firmly behind us to block out the prying eyes and voices of the pack. Standing inside the spacious office was Elder Miko. The elderly female elder looked up the second we walked in, her face twisted into a mask of pure disappointment and anger. "What is wrong with you, North?" Elder Miko asked. "You are not a child, and you are

