The Council's decision for an evaluation had barely been announced before the news exploded across the kingdom like wildfire. Within hours, every pack, every territory, every corner of the supernatural world knew that Headmaster Attia Scott—the enigmatic, powerful, untouchable headmaster of the Lycan Academy—had mated with a first-year medical student from a Delta family. The scandal was unprecedented. The gossip was relentless. And the Academy campus was in complete and utter shock. --- Lori stood at the window of Attia's office, staring down at the courtyard below. Students milled about in clusters, their heads bent together, their voices rising and falling in animated discussion. Every few seconds, someone would glance up at the headmaster's window, their eyes wide with curiosity

