Lucian did not sit down after saying he was wrong. The panel chair let the silence stay long enough to become uncomfortable. Then she asked, "What did choosing the pack mean in practical terms?"

Lucian looked at her.

"It meant I knew the evidence against Evelyn w

The panel did not ask Leo to enter the hall. I was grateful for that. Too many adults had already used his existence to justify what they wanted.

His rights could be decided without putting a three-year-old in front of a room full of wolves. The Riverbend panel member p

The apothecary ledger arrived under three seals. Frostmere. Ashfall. Riverbend. No Blackthorn seal. No White Moon seal. That was the first thing I checked. The second was the date. Three days before the Council dinner.

Marin laid the copied page beside the original V