Chapter 9 "The Blackwood Confrontation"

• Three days later, the territorial dispute Otto had tried to prevent through negotiation exploded into exactly the kind of confrontation he'd feared.
• It started with Marcus Chen, one of their youngest pack members, returning from a solo hunting trip with claw marks across his shoulder and fury in his eyes.
• "Blackwood patrol," he announced to the emergency pack meeting James had called. "Three of them, waiting at Copper Creek like they owned the place. Told me I was trespassing on their territory."