The first thing Emilia Carter noticed that morning was how busy the town had become overnight.
Normally, Crescent Valley was peaceful. The roads were quiet. The people moved slowly through their days. Tourists rarely visited, and most residents knew one another by name. But today was different.
The annual Alpha Summit had arrived.
Every year, the strongest Alphas from different packs gathered to discuss alliances, territory disputes, trade agreements, and matters that Emilia honestly knew very little about. She only knew that whenever the summit happened, werewolves flooded the town.
And that always made her nervous.
Emilia adjusted her apron as she wiped down the counter of Moonlight Café, the small coffee shop where she had worked for the last three years. The café sat only a few bl
