Forty-Nine

Parker's P.O.V.

Kaylee had been quiet and withdrawn the rest of the night, but I knew that it was for the best. She needed to stay put where she was safe. There weren't enough wolves in this pack that I trusted to protect Kaylee. I didn't have the time or the option to be out there asking around after her mother when I had more pressing matters and lives at stake here at the pack.

She came first. I would always put Kaylee first.

But her mother could wait. I was already destroying myself, trying to do everything possible to prepare my people for war. We already had one injured with no Intel or information from the strike. We were expecting the Blood Moon Pack to launch a proper attack any day now. They had already waited long enough.

It wasn't normal for a pack to pick off wolves one by one. They normally made a plan and then charged with a force large enough to take down their enemies. My biggest worry was that their goal was to go after our young pack members one by one until the