Chapter 13 The Pack Divides

• "You don't have to come," Riven said, one hand pausing at the door. "Whatever happens in that hall, you could wait here."
• "And let them decide what I am without me standing there to argue it? No." I straightened the collar myself, the crack in the seal still visible if anyone looked closely enough. "I've spent my whole life being decided about by other people. Not today."
• "They're not going to be gentle with you in there. Kael's spent two days poisoning ears since I banished him."