(Kael)
The morning air is cold when I step outside the pack house. The sun is just starting to rise and I can see my breath in white clouds. I'm heading to my office when I spot Cassian walking toward me.
"Alpha," he says. "I need to report on yesterday's western territory sweep."
"How did it go?"
"Difficult. The snow is hiding everything. We found twenty eight traps but only covered about half the territory. We're going back today to finish."
"Any injuries?"
"No. But it was close. Kim almost stepped on a trap that was completely invisible under the snow. Storm warned me just in time."
I feel a moment of fear at those words. If Storm hadn't sensed the trap, we would have lost Kim. Another warrior injured or dead because of hunters setting traps in our territory.
"You saved his life
