Victor's POV
I had already met Elara twice before that afternoon in the garden.
The first time was the day the Nightbreeze Pack delegation arrived. I was in my office, knee-deep in territory maps and council reports when Abel stepped in, clearing his throat like he always did before giving me news I wouldn’t like.
“Alpha Thorne didn’t come,” he announced, standing at attention.
I didn’t look up right away. I kept reading the paper in front of me, with red ink already bleeding through the side. “He sent a representative?”
“His daughter,” Abel replied. “Elara.”
That caught my attention.
I leaned back in my chair and looked at him. “The same Elara that the reports say is rebellious? Hot-headed? Has a new lover every moon?”
Abel didn’t answer immediately, which told me everything I ne
