KELLY THOMPSON'S POV

A few hours later...

"Your Majesty! There's an attack going on outside the palace. It's mercenaries apparently commissioned by our arch rivals of the North pack," shouts a guard in a total panic as he bursts into the council venue.

Jason is the first to stand up and to rush outside. The council members and I immediately follow him.

The day, out of a sudden, plunges into a cacophony of snarls and the metallic scent of spilled lifeblood. Shadows danced under the baleful glow ...