GALINA'S POV Aldric Underwood, the Alpha of Crescent Falls, rescued me. I mean, technically, he is here for his mate, but he didn't have to shift or risk breaking cover to pull me to his pack for protection. I know that Marco told me I am the Gamma's mate, and that I have made friends with the Crescent Falls pack, but it doesn't make sense. Why would they have broken the Council's rules for me? Before I could even ask, Breelynn screamed, and he was gone in a flash. Just a blur of skin molding into fur and flying up to the house. Not sure what to do at this point, I stand awkwardly in the woods, looking out toward the house. The other wolves that remain here position themselves around me in a circle. Not aggressive but protective, and just as I am about to let the emotion of the sce