“Let’s just hear what he has to say for himself,” I said. “Then we’ll see if he can be redeemed or not.” Aunt Kathy nodded, and Penny appeared thoughtful. The news stations were already outside of the jail where Tony was to give his press conference soon. They weren’t the only ones setting up there. From the shots of the parking lot, a large crowd was arriving to hear Tony’s words from themselves. I wondered how many of Tony’s fans were there. Would they accept his words, if he chose to back Julian? Would they be willing to try to unify under Julian as Alpha? It was difficult to tell simply from panned shots over the crowd. “Mommy!” Alice shouted suddenly. I nearly jumped off the couch at the alarm in her voice. “What is it, Alice?” “There!” she pointed at the screen, but I saw too

