The Alpha, Beta, and Council of Elders were in an uproar, debating the defense plans. The bodies had been collected and counted. Twenty-two dead. Eight more are missing. Two children were found clutching each other behind a wrecked stable, too shaken to speak.
Richard turned away from the horrific scene, anger and guilt twisting inside him. Losses like this… under his leadership? What would his people think of him now?
I should’ve done something when I found out he was in the neighboring pack, he thought bitterly. Now I’m suffering for my negligence.
Just then, a hand landed gently on his left shoulder. Richard turned to see who it was.
“It’s not your fault,” Fredrick said softly, trying to pull him out of the dark spiral. “If we’re blaming anyone, it should be the evil that came upon
