Having no skill for fighting or strategizing, Aelia was feeling guilty for not contributing enough to the pack, other than her ability to read. Ewan was constantly planning how to overpower the crew on the galley, but as the Beta female she couldn’t help but feel like a disappointment to her new family. No matter what happened to them next, she knew she had made the right choice in staying with them. If only the soldiers would be honest about the slaughter in the villages, it might mean that the senate wouldn’t send forces after them once they left this cruel country. Many legionnaires had abandoned their duty, rather than continue to erode their honour. Maybe their voice would sway the public’s opinion of the wolves. Villainising the wolves caused many sympathetic citizens to turn their b
