MISSY “Valen, can we move our meeting up today?” I asked at breakfast. “Sure,” he nodded over his coffee. His eyes traveled briefly to Sloan, but she ignored him like usual. She had this unusual distaste for the Brighton siblings that was unnaturally persistent. “I’m going with Maddox, River, and Ronin to warrior training today, so I was just hoping to button everything up for tomorrow’s pack meeting before I left,” I told him. “If you’d like to email me the provisions, I can check them over and give my opinions later. I don’t recall too many remaining adjustments needing to be made,” he offered. “Alright, I can do that,” I told him. I was nervous about the pack meeting because I knew it would anger many people. There was just no way around this. I still hadn’t heard back from Lan