ARIA

I thought that our group would be larger, but it's not.

Sure, the living room is crowded with people, but we're the minority. Ironclaw is surrounded by enemies now. We're not at peace in our own pack.

Nothing devastates me more.

The group consists of Anne and all the Nocturns who came here with her—the ones of fighting age, of course—and Ryder's hockey team. Well, the ones who stayed to fight.

Anne is the one who breaks the silence. "I heard that you're stepping down as leader of ...