Kael’s POV
Father stops pacing and fixes me with a stare that could cut glass, though he needs to brace himself against a marble column to do it.
“I’m saying you’re going to track down their strongest female and bring her back here. To me.”
“Absolutely not.” The words come out sharper than I intended. “I have more important things to do than chase after some scatterbrained woman who got cold feet.”
“More important than following your king’s direct orders?”
“More important than wasting my time on something that should be handled by Alpha Blackwood’s own trackers.” I step closer to the old man, my own anger rising. “There are murmurs of uprising among the packs siding with Draven. Real threats to the kingdom that need to be addressed.”
“The Draven situation is under control.”
“Is it?
