AISLYNThe day conspires against me.

From the moment dawn bleeds into the stone corridors of Redmoon, Elliot is everywhere and nowhere all at once, his presence felt, his attention perpetually claimed by something else. Patrol briefings stretch longer than usual. Messengers trail him like shadows. Council members intercept him at every turn, voices hushed, faces tense. There is unrest along the eastern border, a dispute over land rights with a neighboring pack, a missing patrol unit that needs ...