Going to see The Wolf Council isn’t as simple as packing up and getting on a train, as it turns out. Not that I’m surprised to learn this. The Wolf Council consists of one pack Elder per pack from every pack in the US. Technically, any pack has the right to refuse to participate and to be bound by Council Law, but no pack has ever done so. It’s a bad gamble. Any pack that severs its ties to the Council puts a target on its own back, practically begging to be attacked by a rival. And the Council would almost definitely side with a pack under its jurisdiction.
So somehow, I’m in school the next day. And I’m expected to pretend that everything is fine and nothing has changed.
“Any news?” asks Rosa in a low voice as students stream around us. The day is over, and everyone seems eager to get
