have shown me a different way. And now it’s time to show our enemies what happens when you fuck with us. It’s time to make Burke pay and then burn his legacy to the ground.
When I leave the room, I find Harlan waiting for me just outside. “Luna, Tyran is in the meeting room,” she tells me as we hurry down the stairs, and I follow her to the same place that I stormed into after I discovered Tyran’s sex den.
I push the door open, and Tyran and the other betas look over. Just like before, all the males rise to their feet, and I nod at them in greeting and move to the empty chair next to Tyran, taking in the maps spread out on the table with positioning markers placed throughout.
“We were just finalizing our plans,” Tyran tells me as I sit down, and I wait in silence for them to continue. “Britton gave us some information, but can you look these over?”
With a nod, I quickly check over all the maps, filling in the gaps, moving things around until it’s just right and everyone has a clear picture of Twin Rivers’ territory. The betas study it, talking through the plans.
“He knows we’ll be coming, but Twin Rivers has never clashed with us in the past, so he’ll have no idea what he’s up against. Britton said they were moving Presley again, but if he can pinpoint exactly where she is, we’ll go in hard and overwhelm them, and we can be in and out with minimal casualties,” a beta named Darren states.
“That’s assuming you want a quick in and out plan, Alpha. If you’d prefer to tear down Twin Rivers in its entirety, really set an example, then I’d send a team to extract Presley, while the rest of the pack focuses on cutting the hierarchy down,” another beta chimes in.
Tyran nods, his eyes far away as though he’s playing different scenarios out in his head. A knock at the door pulls the room’s attention to it, and Harlan steps inside.
“They’re here,” she declares evenly, and everyone at the table pushes to their feet.
I follow suit, turning a questioning gaze to Tyran, who gestures for me to follow him. “I called in reinforcements,” he explains. “We have allies with Plummet Lake pack, and I invited them here to join in on the fun.”
I nod, my brow furrowing as I try to think through why the pack name sounds so familiar. Or maybe it’s the word allies that’s giving me pause. My mind tries to work through whatever it is that’s bothering me about the situation as I follow Tyran and the pack betas out of the house.
And then it hits me.
Saul’s voice rings in my mind clear as day, as the memory rushes through me of what the Twin Rivers’ betas were discussing as they were searching for me.
Where’s the other wolf? Burke said he’d be here with her and to bring him too. That was the agreement.
I turn to Tyran, pulling him to a stop, and the other pack members immediately do the same. “We have a traitor,” I announce, and the males and females go eerily silent as my declaration sinks in.
“What makes you say that?” Tyran asks carefully, his eyes flashing with anger as a tic forms in his jaw.
“When Twin Rivers attacked me, they were talking about working with another wolf. That wolf was supposed to be there when they took me. They traded me for a place in Burke’s pack.”
The betas go tense, shooting looks between them, but it’s nothing compared to the rigidity now coursing through Tyran.
“At first, I thought they might be talking about Presley,” I admit with a bit of a wince. “She was the only one I could think of who really doesn’t seem to like me and might have the right motivation, but she attacked them. She didn’t leave me to fight them off alone, even though I ordered her to.”
“Did they say who it was, give any more hints other than they were supposed to be there when you were attacked?” Tyran asks, his expression deathly cold and detached.
“No, but I’m pretty sure it was a male, they said him,” I answer, frustration and regret marring my thoughts. I try to play back what happened. But between my panic and fear, my body’s reaction to the dart they shot me with, and the emotions filtering through the bond, Saul’s words are all I can pick out