Rylan's POV

“Take a deep breath and talk to me in a calm voice. What’s going on with the wolves?” I gently rose to my feet, panicking when he didn’t say a word to me.

He wiped the beads of sweat hanging on his forehead with his right palm, then sat down on the chair. “Why did you send ten warriors to grab Isla when you know the Press refused to let her go?”

“What happened to the ten men?”

“You know,” Kieran said, his tone laced with sadness. “Bloodshed every day. ...