A chill waved over the table as Flic sat down. Moments before, the wolves had been talking but every conversation fizzled away as a sudden tension swarmed over them. She gulped and cast her eyes over the upper ranks around her. Julien sat to her right, four wolves sat opposite them and to her left was the Alpha. She had taken the seat reserved for the Red Valley Luna, at the head table in the packhouse hall. Everyone was digging into their breakfast, after their morning training, and Flic had decided to join them. Though her schedule was unusual, she thought it would help to sell their fake relationship if she was seen in her new role, at Damon's side. As a sour taste twisted in her stomach, she knew she had made a mistake but didn’t know what.
Every wolf apart from Damon gave her a cur
