Chapter 14 : Introducing her

Knox's Point of View

“That’s a lie!” Someone suddenly shouted.

The air was thick with tension in the council hall as I surveyed the seated men.

“Who said that?” I snarled.

The weight of the problems seemed to press down on my shoulders, as did the suffocating glares from the council members seated in front of me. I knew today's meeting would be challenging, but I hadn't anticipated just how quickly things would escalate.

Who would dare call me a liar?

Councilman Ebert, the oldest and most outspoken of the group, rose from his seat again.

His voice carried the gravity of his years. “Alpha Knox, I b what that person was trying to say was that things are not actually under your control. Because without a healthy successor, we are seen as weak in the eyes of our enemies,” he warned, his eyes boring into mine. “Our pack's future is at stake.”

His gut wrenching words hung in the air for far too long before another council member, Edwin, chimed in with a nod. “Ebert's right sir. The lack of