Jolie POV
The celebration dies the second Gio's laptop starts beeping.
"What is that?" I cross to where he's sitting at one of the compound's tables.
He looks up at me, his face pale. "Motion sensors around the Council fortress. They're mobilizing."
"Already?" Ryder appears on my shoulder. "How the hell do they know we're planning something?"
"Because they've been watching me." Gio pulls up surveillance feeds. "See? Council enforcers positioned around the Nightshade Pack borders. They knew I'd either deliver you or warn you. Either way, they win."
I study the screens, counting wolves. "Fifty guards minimum, you said?"
"That was three days ago." He zooms in on a courtyard filled with armed figures. "Looks more like two hundred now. They're not just protecting Father anymore. They're
