RYKER’S POV

Lief, Ezren, and I were having a tea break from a busy planning session in case of an invasion. We had spent hours looking at every area of our land and possible means of a surprise attack while ensuring the channels were closed at the same time, making plans for a contingency escape route that was only known to the pack.

We already had an underground tunnel we could use and had been stocked up with amenities in the meantime.

Attacks were imminent in our part of the world. Aside ...