The council meetings were held in a building on the courtyard’s westside. It was a building they only used for meetings, but could be used by anyone for that purpose. Kiara’s parents were part of the council, along with Ty, Regina, Jay, Derek, Eleanor, and a few other seasoned members of the pack. The curtains were drawn on nearly all the windows, except for one in which part of the curtain’s end had been torn off. Kiara squatted at this window and peered inside. “Who calls this meeting?” Ty’s voice brought silence to the room and Kiara shuttered at the chill it brought down her spine. Ty could reject her a thousand times and she would still grovel at his feet. She listened attentively. “I do,” an older man stood from his seat, he was a seasoned warrior, one of the men that escaped with Re
