The whole place blew up very quickly. I tried sheltering Lexi with my body. Her pack all started growling and lunging for me. My pack jumped in the way to protect me as their Alpha. Charles and Diane were suddenly standing over me. As our packs started fighting, the Border pack tried to pull everyone apart. Alpha Charles and Diane pushed their power out in a combined effort. Slowly, all the wolves dropped to their knees. They tried fighting the power, but in the end they dropped.
Diane approached me as I held Lexi’s limp body in my arms. “What happened?”
“I don’t know. I saw one of her pack give her a weird drink earlier. He gave me a look just as she finished it. I think he poisoned her drink.”
“Why would he do that?”
“He wanted to be with her. She turned him down. Other than that, I
