If the attacks continued, the people might eventually ask us to leave. They had welcomed us out of kindness, but that kindness did not require them to sacrifice their safety. Sienna and I loved our farm. We were parents now, and we had nowhere else to go with two Ace children. How many attacks would Livingston tolerate before its people decided removing us was the easiest solution? If we were no longer there, Alpha Moreau’s men might stop coming. Sending wolves after Callum was even worse. He had become a target simply because he protected us and reported Moreau to the council. I had to prepare myself for the possibility that the town would choose its peace over our home. The people of Livingston owed us nothing. They had already shown us more generosity than we deserved. If sheltering us

