Aria didn't understand the complexities of strategy. In her mind, the only solution was to make them suffer, as they had once suffered. Killing them all seemed like the most straightforward approach. Only a few would be spared—those she believed deserved a special kind of retribution. They needed to be tortured, just as they had done to her people in the past.

But the real aggressors were the alphas from other packs, and taking revenge on them was nearly impossible. ...