Clarissa
I remained seated for another moment, looking around the hall that had witnessed so many important decisions over the years.
My father had hosted treaty negotiations here, had welcomed Alphas from across the country, and had built alliances that had kept the South stable for decades. Now that stability was in tatters, and the very leaders who had benefited from Blue Ridge's strength were turning their backs on his daughter.
"It's fine," I told the empty air. "First meetings are rarely pretty."
Standing slowly, I shrugged out of my blazer and draped it over the chair, then slipped the elastic hairband from my wrist and tied my hair back. I wished I could go for a run, but I couldn't.
As a nursing mom with a fussy baby, the slightest discomfort would make him wail for hours. Mothers were connected to their children after birth, so the child could feel them shifting into their wolf form.
Gathering the untouched documents from the table, I walked towards the door.
