SERAPHINA “Alpha Seth.” A deep, commanding voice cut through the moment Ronan and I shared. Still crouched high in the trees, we both turned our gazes downward. The bisons had dispersed, and standing in their place, staring up at us with cold intensity, was Alpha Gideon. I immediately understood the gravity of the situation. Without hesitation, I leapt down from the tree, landing just a breath away from Alpha Gideon’s towering frame. “What was that, Alpha Seth?” he asked, raising a single brow. It was the first time he had ever directly spoken to me. There was a saying in the Lupine Academy that you would want to meet death rather than Alpha Gideon. The wolf lived for rules and regulation, hating weak offenders. A man whose attention meant your banishment from the Academy, it was bet