(Magnus)
I'm in my office reviewing attack plans when I feel something wrong through the pack bond. One of the scouts. The connection is clear but the emotion coming through is panicked.
I reach out through the mind link. 'Report.'
The response comes back immediately. 'Alpha Magnus, we've been captured. All three of us. Moonridge caught us in the western territory.'
I lean back in my chair. Captured. The scouts I sent to gather information on Kael's defenses got caught within hours of arriving.
'What information did you gather before capture?' I ask.
'Nothing, Alpha. We just arrived this morning. Set up positions in the trees. They found us before we could observe anything.'
Useless. Completely useless.
'We're in holding cells beneath the pack house,' the scout continues. 'They int
