The morning started with a stillness I couldn’t shake. The sun was barely rising, casting pale light across Crescent Vale, when a warning arrived from the scouts. A nearby human town…one we had protected for years…was under attack. Rogues. A pack of violent, lawless wolves had surrounded the town and were taking humans hostage.
I felt a tightening in my chest. Humans weren’t just innocent…they were part of the fragile trust we had built between our kind and theirs. One that they didn’t actually know about. I could feel their fear even from here, like a shiver running through the air.
A council meeting was called immediately. All the alpha’s in the region were to gather at the central hall of Crescent Vale. The room was tense when I arrived, the air thick with worry and whispered argument
