The smell of the woodsmoke and river silt immediately stung Xhanes’ nose; Carlisle had mysteriously increased in population compared to the last time he was here.
Xhanes noticed it before he noticed the gate guards straightening at his approach and before Torvin swore under his breath at the state of the horses. Carlisle was filled with too many wolves and scents different from the one he knew.He filed it away and kept riding to the Zayan’s mansion.
The Alpha’s mansion sat farther from the market square, same as it had the last time he'd come through with Phaeryl chasing a different problem with a different set of teeth. Mia was on the steps before he'd finished dismounting with her arms crossed in a bid he had decided was to support her baby bump and half a grin already fighting its wa
