The air in the council chambers was thick with unspoken hostility. I stood silently trying not to fidget with my necklace. My new council badge felt heavy against my chest. I could feel the icy glares of the other Alpha and Beta wolves.
Amir looked at me with a sickening smirk. While Elijah observed the room. Kai, stood solidly beside me. It was as if he was a silent shield against all of the resentment I could feel.
It was our first official council meeting, and half of it was a blurred memory to me. Thankfully, we were able to pick our own advisors and who else would I choose other than Kai? Originally, it was supposed to be Brianna, but you all know why that didn’t happen.
After the meeting, he steered me away from the lingering council members.
"Don’t let them get to you," Kai m
