The Next Step

Emily's POV. As Reid's, (well, daddy's) story unfolded, I felt like I was watching some sort of supernatural soap opera. Only, you know, with more fur and fangs. "Wait, wait, wait," Alpha Thorne interrupted. "Reid, You're telling me that the royal family, the supposed pinnacle of werewolf society, has been compromised for eighteen years? " Reid nodded grimly. "I didn't know the full extent of it at the time, but yes. When they ordered me to leave Windridge, I knew something was terribly wrong. I just... I never imagined it went this deep." I felt Leo's hand tighten around mine, his jaw clenched in anger. "Those bastards," he growled. "They've been playing us all for fools." Luna Sage leaned forward, her kind eyes sharp with concern. "This changes everything. If Shane and Selene have been in power for so long, who knows how far their influence has spread?" Alpha Thorne nodded, his expression grim. "We need to assume that every pack, every alliance we thought we knew, could be compromise