“Ready to go, champ?”

When Alanna opened the door to the nursery to finally give them the queen’s safe conduct, she found three released wolves and two lycans lying on the floor of the nursery, with sixty children all over them listening to the big bad wolf’s tales.

They even looked cute! But as soon as they heard Alanna they stood up right away.

“Let me guess. I’m not going,” Aidan muttered.

“You guess right. You could take up fortune telling,” said the lycan woman sarcastically, “but before you throw a tantrum, Rhiannon had nothing to do with it, it was General Gallagher’s orders. He says we don’t know what Nader is really planning, and it’s imperative that Rhiannon is involved, so it’s easier to protect one than two.”

“I understand,” Aidan said, leaning a forearm against the door of the nursery. “Then I'll take care of the team for the lib—”

“That will have to wait,” Alanna interrupted him, taking off a backpack and slinging it over his shoulder. “Until Maddox returns you will do h