Chapter 4

"Seven Alphas," I repeated. "Tonight."

Rowan's face told me he wasn't exaggerating. Howls rolled across the valley, one pack answering another until the waterfall seemed to shake. Two days ago, thirteen million people had listened to me sing.

Now seven wolf kings were lining up to claim me.

I faced Kael.

"You knew this would happen."

I kept my phone in my palm, screen down. Recording Varek's envoy had felt like a small victory; the approaching howls told me a single clip couldn't stop an army. I needed facts before any of these men got to define me again.

He…