Gideons Pov
After walking Sera back to our suite and making sure she was settled comfortably with a warm drink, I headed down to the lower level of the pack house. The air grew cooler as I descended the stone steps toward the war room, the quiet hum of the building giving way to the low, murmur of voices behind the heavy oak doors.
I pushed the doors open.
Eric stood at the center of the large wooden table, surrounded by my top squad leaders, Beta trackers, and border captains. Maps of the surrounding regions were laid out across the surface, weighed down by tactical markers, patrol logs, and thick stacks of intelligence folders.
The moment I stepped across the threshold, the room went dead silent. Every man and woman present stood straighter, shoulders squaring as their eyes dropped t
