Chapter 13

Derick Mondragon's POV

I was driving down the winding road toward the pack house, half my attention on the scenery and the other half already rehearsing what I'd say at the meeting scheduled for later that afternoon, when my phone rang.

I answered without taking my eyes off the road, the number flashing across the dash telling me it was Mia before I'd even said a word.

"Mia? What's going on?" I asked.

"Alpha Derick, we're under attack by the black bird wolves rogue pack. They've killed several of our pack members, and they're still here," she said, her voice trembling in a way I'd rarely heard from her.

My heart sank. The Black Bird Wolves had a reputation for brutality that few packs in the region could match, and as their Al