~Third person POV~

The name arrived before the formal message did.

That was how pack news traveled when it carried weight in pieces, the most significant detail outrunning the context around it, reaching its destination slightly breathless and ahead of the full accounting. Cade brought it to the study on a Thursday morning, setting the scout's preliminary report on the desk with the particular care he reserved for information that was going to require a response.

"Nightshade has their ...