Chapter 166

News gallops faster than hooves.

By the end of the week, the story of an Italian Lycan King “seizing” French land wore a dozen masks and none of them looked like the truth.

So when the summons arrived—neutral ground, called by the neighboring Alphas—we went. Not to beg.

To be seen.

So, we decided to travel light.

Dante, Alessio, Malcor, Lucan. Me—with Aethel and Mirella flanking so closely they mi