Jasper POV
The rest of the ride was quiet and contemplative. Everyone was deep in thought, going over their version of the battle. Questions swirled in the air, though they remained unspoken. ‘Where does Aries come from? Why did he claim that Adalynn was promised to him? Promised by whom?’ These questions lingered like a heavy fog, clouding my mind and filling the silence with unease.
As we pulled up to the mansion, the weight of our thoughts followed us like shadows. We disembarked and moved as one unit towards the war room. The atmosphere was thick with tension, each of us lost in our own reflections and speculations. The war room, usually a place of strategy and planning, now felt more like an interrogation chamber as we sat around the command table. The map of Red Dawn pack lands lay
