Jolie POV
Ten minutes later, we're back in the main hall with every single pack member crammed inside. Even the injured ones have dragged themselves out of the medical building.
I stand at the front beside Ryder, and the weight of their expectations presses down on my shoulders like a force.
"Here's the situation." I project my voice to reach the back of the room. "Emma is being held at an abandoned mining complex twenty miles northeast. Intelligence suggests thirty armed guards, multiple buildings, and underground tunnels. It's not just a hostage situation—it's the enemy's command center."
Murmurs ripple through the crowd.
"We're outnumbered." I don't sugarcoat it. "Two hundred wolves surrounding our territory, thirty more at the complex. We've got maybe fifty fighters total. The mat
