(Cassian)
Dinner with Alpha Roderick gave me no answers. Father spoke about pack strength, alliances, and Blackridge having a larger voice in regional decisions. Selene barely spoke unless someone addressed her directly. I knew there was no point asking father about the council position while Roderick was there.
Lysander found me after everyone separated for the night. He had already located the older council notices he mentioned earlier. They were stored in a records room used mostly for Alpha succession and regional appointments. We could enter without needing father's archive key.
‘Father is still with Roderick,’ Lysander told me through our mind link. ‘Mother and Aurelia already went to their rooms. If we're going to look, now is probably our best chance.’ I left my room a few minut
