After a restless night of sleep, I rolled over to look at the clock on my nightstand. It read 5:15. I groaned and decided it was time to get up.
My nerves were too frazzled to let me sleep anymore anyway. I heaved my exhausted body into a sitting position and rubbed my bleary eyes. Aislinn had spent the later part of the night telling me all about the royal council.
According to her, they were terrifying. All dignified and regal, they were a group of four wolves- three men and one woman- who had the last say on every important decision in the pack.
They could even overturn King Ruben's rulings if they wanted to- though it had only happened once, Aislinn had told me.
She said they could be like vultures. They'd pick tear you down and pick apart at your carcass just for the fun of it. S
