I was worried about the consequences of what we had just done, and whether I had truly acted like a Luna, just as Hilda had advised. We hadn’t calmed the situation—on the contrary, everything pointed to it getting worse. My frustration was obvious, and the twins could feel it immediately. “There was no way that meeting was going to end differently,” Lean said after I expressed what I was thinking. “Silver Lake has always been one of the most combative packs,” added Zack, sitting beside me. “Their Alphas are known for being proud and never accepting a ‘no’ for an answer.” “We should never have gotten involved with Tara and Nicole in the first place,” Kael lamented. “But we were already twenty-five, and for our kind, that’s late to find a mate—especially after assuming the role of Alpha.

