Alex’s POV:
War wasn’t coming.
It was already here.
You could feel it in the air—in the way the wind carried tension instead of calm, in the way every wolf stood a little more alert, a little more ready to fight.
Redmoon Pack had changed.
Or maybe—
We had.
I stood at the edge of the training grounds, watching as warriors moved in sync—stronger, sharper, more disciplined than before.
Valerie had done well.
Too well.
For someone pretending to be Sebastian.
“She’s holding them together,” Lisa said softly beside me.
I glanced at her.
She looked stronger too. Even without her wolf, there was a quiet resilience in her now—a fire that refused to die.
“She had to,” I replied. “Otherwise this pack would’ve fallen apart the moment Seb disappeared.”
Lisa nodded.
“And now?”
I exhaled
