CHAPTER 37
THE ANSWER
ALEX'S POV
The Red Moon celebration had been underway for less than an hour, and I was already tired of it.
The courtyard was crowded with wolves from packs I had spent years learning not to trust, Alphas smiling at one another while their warriors watched every movement from the edges of the gathering. Red lanterns hung from the trees and along the Pack House walls, throwing shifting light over the tables below, while music and conversation filled every space between them.
Luis stood beside me as one of the visiting Alphas continued talking about a dispute involving territory boundaries.
I had stopped listening.
My attention moved through the courtyard instead, checking the guards, the entrances, and the faces I didn't recognise. Everything was where it should
