When Theo received the letter, he was happy and couldn’t wait to become a father as well. He shared the letter with Matt and Jihoo, both of whom congratulated Lucian warmly, teasing that soon another cry of a newborn would echo in the packhouse.
The next day, another letter arrived from Alpha Damian himself. This time, it was a command. Damian had written to instruct Theo to send less than a division of well-trained warriors to assist him—reinforcement in response to the growing rebellion threatening Alpha Philipa of the Frostfang Pack in the far northern region.
Theo gathered his council elders at once. The meeting hall was tense with murmurs as the elders exchanged wary glances.
“The Frostfang Pack?” one of them whispered. “That’s far from here. What business do we have with rogues re
