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“Allies?” Sofia rhetorically asked, "You don't know the half of it. There are whispers and rumblings amongst the pack members who are unhappy about the rogues dominating the borders. It is very crazy that their numbers are alarming too. The more their numbers are, the less our people get. The death toll is fast rising. A small resistance has been brewing, strategizing in secret. We've been quietly meeting, strategizing ways to push back.”

A resistance? Did that mean Sofia was a part of a resistance? Damn, he should have suspected; Gonzalo thought.

His jaw dropped. "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Instead of replying to him, Sofia's gaze softened as it landed on Rain. "Well, let's just say some things are better discussed without little ears around," she said to River. "Why don't you get the little one settled in? I imagine the escape was tiring."

River nodded in agreement. "That sounds good. Come on, Rain, let's see where you'll be sleeping tonight."

Before following River, Gonza