Mark of Deception

Evander POV

War. A direct assault on the Ironbound Pack. The sheer scale of the audacity hung heavy over the assembly, yet my mind immediately snagged on a much more baffling detail. Why the hell was Alpha Kaelen willing to drag his entire pack into a bloodbath just to claim Freya?

"On what grounds?" Beta Cyrus demanded beside me, his deep growl instantly flattening the rising murmurs in the hal