Chapter 45 Part 1: "Breaking Tradition"

• POV: Desi Whitmore
• I'd seen pack politics at work my entire life.
• Growing up as a Beta Prime's daughter meant understanding the unspoken rules, the careful hierarchies, the way power flowed through supernatural society like an invisible current. I'd watched my father navigate conflicts between Alphas, mediate territorial disputes, smooth over hurt feelings while maintaining his pack's position.