The morning air had a bite to it. Not the cute kind of cold either. The kind that feels like it wants to file your bones down. I rubbed my hands together and walked across the training yard, wishing I had stayed in the warm packhouse with a blanket, tea, and zero responsibilities.
But no. Theo had decided that if I was going to be a part of this pack, I needed to be looped into all emergencies. Even the stupid ones. Especially the stupid ones.
Addy jogged up beside me, wearing the expression of someone who got woken up too early and blamed me for it. Which was fair. I blamed me too.
“You heard the alarm,” she said. “Something came through the border.”
“Yes,” I said. “And because my life is a cosmic joke, we both know it came through asking for me by name.”
Addy winced. “You do have a
