Chapter 25

Valerica's POV

I returned to my courtyard and immediately penned a letter, dispatching a former Glacierclaw guard—shifted and under cover—to Battlemark Training Camp by night.

The austral border battle gnawed at me like a splinter.

Scattered clues hinted at something amiss, but I'd keep conjectures buried until hard evidence surfaced.

My maternal grandfather, Alpha Alaric, and my two uncles had be