Even as I thought it, I looked up and saw him crossing the camp purposefully toward us as though summoned by our thoughts.
He has a tendency to do that.
Marta lifted the hood of her cloak and dropped to a knee in deference as the elders of the pack were expected to.
Well, I’m not expected to. I leapt to my feet instead. Sending the wooden cup containing my tea sloshing to the ground near the fire. And turned to bolt but as fast as he was notorious for, he was at my elbow.
“Where are you going, Lyra Lani?”
“I-I…”
He tilted his head and gave me a waiting look.
A wave of power washed over me. It reminded me of exactly why he was alpha. His strength, speed and magic were well-known. I suspected it was why we had so few challengers dare to arrive at our walls.
He was definitely a
