We started walking out of the gathering hole and back toward the central pack lands. Liam was immediately beside me. I didn't have to ask; he grabbed both of the twins, holding their hands. He kept his eyes sweeping constantly past the bowing wolves, into the surrounding forest, checking every shadow.
I was immensely grateful for his presence. He was the only person here I truly trusted. In a place where everyone feared me, I feared them right back.
We arrived at the structure that had belonged to Kyle. It was a massive, dark wooden house.
Thomas pointed proudly. “This is the Alpha residence, Alpha. It has everything you need.”
I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at the house, then back at Thomas. The thought of sleeping where Kyle had slept, of my children touching things he had t
