**Talon’s POV I rejoined Ethan outside the meeting room after hearing out from the witness. Neither of us spoke until we got to Ethan’s suite. As he closed the door behind us, his look turned even more solemn. “Alpha,” I began, “if it really is him working with the rogues, I’m worried that our pack…” Ethan walked over to the map. “Send Estrella back to Drogomor and tell Rex to reorganize our defenses back home. Move the residents from the outskirts back to the city center, and increase the patrol back home.” “Are we not going back?” “No. Rogue attacks are problems, but any alphas could deal with them, and they have been dealing with it. But the war against Kal is a military operation. If we lose it, we will lose more than just a few villages. My priority has to be on the west coast