Jolie POV
I wake to voices arguing outside the medical bay.
"She needs more time," Doc says, firm and worried.
"We don't have more time." Knox sounds frustrated. "Representatives from six packs are already here, three more arriving within the hour."
"Representatives?" Ryder's voice cuts through, dangerous and low. "Why the hell are other packs sending people here?"
"Word spread about the World Council," Phoenix explains. "About what Jolie did, how she judged seven Elders at once and dissolved the entire Council structure. Every pack in three states heard about it by midnight."
I sit up slowly. The monitors beep faster, tracking my elevated heart rate.
The door opens and Ryder appears first, his expression shifting from anger to relief when he sees me awake.
"You should be sleeping.
