~Third Person’s POV~

The story left Stonefang territory before Lucian opened his eyes.

It traveled the way pack news always traveled — carried in the mouths of wolves who had witnessed something they couldn't stop turning over in their minds, passed between allied packs through the quiet channels of inter-pack communication that had existed long before any formal structure gave them shape. By the time Lucian was sitting up and taking water, three allied Alphas had already sent quiet ...