CIAN
I answered.
"Yes."
"Alpha Cian."
The voice belonged to one of the perimeter sentinels. He sounded nervous, his words coming out rushed.
"Alpha Marcus..." He paused, correcting himself quickly. "Sorry. Alpha Dimitri of Northern Ridge's Nocturne is here."
Everything stopped.
Not physically. The car still moved, the engine still rumbled, but inside my head everything went silent. Dimitri. Here. At Skollrend. The name alone carried weight, history, complications I didn't have the energy to deal with right now.
"Where?"
"Main gates. He arrived with a small group. Four wolves total. They're waiting for clearance. It does not seem like they want a fight."
I processed that because of how funny it sounded.
I then scoffed because I could not help myself.
"No fight?" I said. "Then why did he send wolves into my forest before showing his face?"
Silence met me for half a second on the other end.
