Violet I scoffed. "That's the dumbest, most irresponsible, and short-sighted solution I've ever heard." The room was dead silent. It was pretty well known that Theodore was considered the alpha of alphas, especially within his own territory. The fact that I, an outsider, had the nerve to criticize his decision-- the nerve to criticize him -- was probably shocking. But I really didn't care, and in my opinion, the people being unwilling to tell an alpha when he was wrong was how we ended up with the system that we have now. “In what scheme of logic does getting rid of your secretary who has run your pack as stand-in luna for--“I turned to Sophia who looked stunned that I was talking to her. “How long have you worked for him?” “Four years.” It took everything in me not to roll my eyes

