SONG OF THE CHAPTER: “No Easy Way Out” by Robert Tepper

IVARA'S POV:

The world is unraveling in both smoke and blood.

Every morning, the news hits like another stone thrown into already rippling waters; the border raids, supply trucks hijacked, young wolves left bleeding out on asphalt highways. It doesn’t matter which banner they wore across their chests - Draven or Kael’s men, the corpses blur together in the dirt.

And every night, Ronan’s voice grows darker. Orders clipped ...