Violet
The young male swallowed. "La—lady Palisa assembled us weeks before departure. She told us we were tracking a dangerous fugitive. A Lycan. She said the council had authorized the mission."
"The council authorized nothing," Calder said flatly. He looked at the semicircle. "Did any of you?"
Silence. Heads shaking.
"Your Supreme Alpha was serving a punishment and barred from leaving her castle, much less her own territory and you believed that sorry excuse?!"
The young wolf flinched.
"Your punishment is coming. How many of you did she assemble and from what packs?"
"Forty-seven of us, my Lord. From two packs. Shadowpine and Delvor," he whimpered.
"And your Alphas are dead too," a Supreme Alpha said simply and they meekly nodded.
"What happened when you located Bei? Fresna's wolf." Calder asked.
Their faces paled. One of them looked down at the floor. Anger heated my chest.
