Page 41 of Betrayed By the Alpha Wolf

It took some doing, but as I remember the way it felt to be under that calming energy, my own rippled up from beneath my skin, and I sent it forward.

“I’ve seen a threat to both the Edward and Williams packs, potentially all of wolf-kind. I’ve seen rogue wolves and potentially…hunters. Moreover, I’ve seen Leon and Reginald mingling with them. They've been a thorn in the side of both our packs, and their violence doesn’t appear to be slowing down. We need to band together, batten down the hatches, and look for a way to take out Leon and Reginald once and for all.”

Gentle murmuring started through the crowd, and I stepped forward, raising my hands.

“All right, all right. Look, this isn’t good. Of course. But it’s by working together that we’ll handle this.” I presented the notes from Eli’s lab. “I’ve also found some useful information in Eli’s things. It looks like the rogue wolves may be connected to what he was doing with Reginald and Leon regarding the drugs. And…”

I scanned my eyes across the wolves, taking in all the faces. There were wolves of various stages of life, teens and elders. There were wolves across genders and colors. And Icouldn’t tell where my pack ended, and the Edwards began just by looking at them.

This was the power of us all together, and Senna was right. We all needed to be here for this.

“As one of the Alphas’ Council, I want us all to work together to come up with a solution. Alphas,” I met eyes with Alder, then Cade, then Brooks, and finally Kaiden and Rowan, “join me.”

Chapter 15 - Kenzie

I wasn’t sure what I was feeling at the moment. There were too many things going on for me to concentrate on any one overwhelming stimulus. I was pregnant, there was a threat to both of the packs that I was affiliated with, and Senna had traveled away from her babies to inform us of that.

The fact that she’d left was huge. She was fiercely protective of her twins and rarely left them. If she’d come all this way, it meant that what she’d seen was enough to scare her into leaving them in someone else’s care.

I do not like this.

My nerves hummed as Senna finished her speech and took her place next to Jet. The small voice in the back of my head was quiet, but there was a constant thrum of dread that I knew was coming from myself, my wolf,andmy unborn child.

Having that many emotions and forms of consciousness inside me was extremely taxing, and I was already feeling that pregnancy fatigue I’d warned Senna about. It looked like that shit came on a lot faster when your baby was potentially a V?lva and way faster for a human. Kit had told me she felt “normal” for at least three weeks before the hormones made her puke her guts out.

Joy.

I’d missed some of what Senna had said when suddenly Grayson was walking up to the front of the stage and saying his piece.

“All right, all right. Look, this isn’t good. Of course. But it’s by working together that we’ll handle this. I’ve also found some useful information in Eli’s things. It looks like the roguewolves may be connected to what he was doing with Reginald and Leon regarding the drugs. And…”

Grayson had mentioned the passage regarding the other wolf pack when I’d given him the notes. Choal had met me in the hallway with them, and it was odd to be speaking pleasantly with the man who’d tried to kill my mate.Not that the mate thing means anything, Kenzie.

Apparently, Eli, along with Leon and Reginald, knew of a different pack that we’d never heard of in the area. They weren’t listed by name; instead, they were just marked in his notes as “the other pack.” They had been interested in the drug as well, and before Kaiden had defeated him, Eli had plans to sell some of it to these “others.”

“As one of the Alphas’ Council,” I refocused on Grayson as he spoke, shocked that he was mentioning the council in front of everyone, “I want us all to work together to come up with a solution. Alphas, join me.”

Holy shit. Did he really just ask for cross-pack collaboration with the council?

Murmurs started passing through the room, and I could sense their apprehension and curiosity. It made sense that the other wolves were talking about the council. The Alphas from other packs had been called to “visit” one too many times for it to be a coincidence. We’d been slowly working on getting the packs to interact more and trust each other, but this was a huge step forward.

I eyed Jet. He wasn’t facing me, but I could see the tension in his shoulders. The other Alphas who stood just before us in the crowd were the same.

Silence hung for several moments, and then Kaiden stepped forward. My brother was the first to act. He was as nobleas he was unafraid, and one of these days, I worried that it would get him killed.

Still, it was impossible not to be impressed with the guy. As he took another step, Kit gripped his hand, kissing it quickly as she smiled at him.

“You’re a good man, Kaiden.”

My friend had whispered the words, but with my superior hearing, it was easy to hear her from where I stood. Warmth suffused my heart, and not for the first time, I was glad that she’d claimed him.

“Well, fuck that. I’m not about to let Kaiden be the only one to step up and impress the Lunas.”

Laughter echoed as Brooks stepped forward with a wink. I rolled my eyes. That wolf had been a royal troublemaker for as long as we’d all known him. And it didn’t surprise me in the least that he was happy to break tradition, particularly when it meant that he could swing more tail.

I mean, hell, the guy had been traipsing around with Grayson since we’d split and right up until the mate reveal ceremony.

Jet and Grayson welcomed Kaiden as he took up a spot at the front of the room alongside them, with Brooks right on his heels. As the four of them turned toward the crowd again, Cade and Alder stepped forward as one.

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