Freya’s POV
The next day, I went to the capital to meet with the elders and claim my new position as the Alpha Queen. Clare and Philip accompanied me.
We entered through large, twenty-foot steel doors, through rooms of grandeur and business, around and down we moved to the heart of the capital building.
A large circular room with high walls covered in images of a brutal past. The floor was stained with the blood of wolves in disputes. The room was ancient and one of the first meeting places of the packs.
There was a hole in the center of the room. A single rod and rail announced the presence of a staircase that led deep beneath the floor. Few had seen the chamber of the elders. To say I was anxious would be an understatement. I was practically vibrating off the stone floor with exci
