Kane’s POV
I was in the war room, with the council for report regarding the rogues. Every man in this room was trained to face battle but tonight the air was filled with a weight I had not felt in years, it was fear disguised as silence.
Elias, my Beta, stood at the far side of the table, shoulders square but his jaw tight. “Another incursion here,” he said, tapping the western edge of the map with two fingers. “They didn’t linger, it was a small units, organized and quick. Almost like scouts testing defenses.”
My eyes narrowed. “They weren’t trying to win, they were probing us.”
Rowan gave a grim nod. “Exactly.”
A low murmur rippled among the elders seated around the table. Some shifted uncomfortably, their old eyes sharp and cautious. One of them, Elder Harun, leaned forward, his vo
