#Chapter 101: She Means Nothing

Samuel stands beside his wife in the Hall of the capital as he has several times before since his arrival here for the Alpha Council – a council which has failed totally, if recent events were anything to go by. This time, compared to the other times Samuel has been in this room, however, the King himself is absent. In his stead, the King’s Gamma George stands on the stage near the throne. Most of the Alpha’s survived the attack from the bear clan, though many of the lesser wolves of their entourage, such as their servants and slaves, did not. Only an alpha wolf has a chance against the strength of a bear, and even then it can be precarious. And enough silver bullets could kill any werewolf, alpha or lesser. The King himself, arguably the most powerful of all the werewolves, was himself felled in a rage of gunfire and a high fall. The thought of King Caleb brings Harper to mind, which makes Samuel’s stomach turn. She and Samuel could have escaped in the chaos. Samuel had given