Author Alpha Zack's face went white. "Alpha King?" Among everyone there, Zack was one of the few who actually recognized Dominic and knew exactly who he was dealing with. The Chief Elder who'd been leading the charge to pressure the Alpha King into choosing a Luna - that was Zack's own pack elder. The most powerful and respected figure in the Blackwood Pack. But there were other reasons the Blackwood Pack had fallen out of favor. Alpha Dominic had watched Alpha Zack's relationship with Elara over the years, and his feelings about it had quietly influenced his decisions. The Blackwood pack had been receiving noticeably fewer resources, though Alpha Zack had always assumed it was just political fallout from the Elder's pressure campaign. Whispers exploded around the ca

