Velda's POV
I snorted and looked straight at Lance. "Alpha Lance, you all know how she's fought those battles."
I knelt on one knee. "I request to lead the Ironthorn Army into battle. If Alpha Lance insists on Adelaide being in charge, then I challenge her. I brought the Ironthorn to the southern border; I can't stand by and watch them follow a she-wolf who doesn't know the first thing about war and die for nothing."
The generals around us erupted in condemnation.
"How dare you speak like that? If she's not capable, the Ironthorn Army wouldn't follow her."
"Don't talk about dying for nothing before the battle's even fought. That's absurd."
"You say she doesn't know war, but how did she win before?"
"Alpha Lance has already placed the Ironthorn Army under Gamma Adelaide's command. Ad
