(Aria)
The whispers started again right after my successful rogue patrol. At first, I thought it was just the usual pack gossip, but then I noticed something different. The younger wolves were looking at me strangely, their conversations stopping when I walked by.
It was not the same kind of doubt I had faced before. This was something new, something that felt more dangerous.
I was walking past the common room when I heard Jake talking to a group of his friends.
"I am just saying, does it not seem convenient that she got exactly the kind of challenge she needed right when people were questioning her?"
"What are you suggesting?" someone asked.
"Nothing specific. Just that maybe we should ask more questions about what really happened out there."
I stopped walking and listened more car
