The central hall of the Pack Celebration Building was so silent that the soft hiss of the overhead torch flames echoed off the white marble like drawn blades. Two hundred pack leaders, warrior captains, and clan elders stood frozen around the banquet tables, their

A collective hush fell over the room as I lifted the seven yellowed parchments from the box. The ancient blood runes drawn across their surfaces glowed with a faint, greasy red light, reacting to the proximity of Gideon’s Alpha aura.

"Seven parchments," I said, my v

The marble hall of the Pack Celebration Building was submerged in horror.

Cassie lay limp on the cold stone, the smoldering obsidian pendant lying inches from her fingers, its foul stench hanging in the air. Victoria writhed against the iron grip of the senior counc