Sasha POV
As I stood with my back to the other warriors, I could feel their eyes on me. The only child of the pack’s Gamma, I was used to being the center of attention, but this time, I felt tense. At forty-nine years old, James had been the second-in–command for a long time; he had a lot of experience at hiding his emotions. Despite how hard it was to see him without his usual stone face, I was always able to catch a glimpse of his real emotions. After all, he was like an uncle to me. However, as I stared into his intimidating golden eyes, I couldn’t see anything; it was impossible to read his emotions, and it made me nervous. He wasn’t truly mad at me, was he?
Maybe I had come on too strong. The strong relationship between ranked members made it easy to forget that I was still below hi
