Jolie POV

The celebration dies the second Gio's laptop starts beeping.

"What is that?" I cross to where he's sitting at one of the compound's tables.

He looks up at me, his face pale. "Motion sensors around the Council fortress. They're mobilizing."

"Already?" Ryder appears on my shoulder. "How the hell do they know we're planning something?"

"Because they've been watching me." Gio pulls up surveillance feeds. "See? Council enforcers positioned around the Nightshade Pack borders. They knew I'd ...