Chapter 131: The Boy Who Became an Anchor
Orion's face was still warm from Daniel's sudden embrace, the older man's words lingering in the air like smoke that refused to fade. Around them, laughter rolled through the small clearing, the kind that always came with too much ale and too many memories.
"Orion," Daniel boomed, thumping him on the shoulder again. "was the main character that night. If not for him we wouldn't have realized that there were traitors in our pack. And let me tell you, that was the day...the...day...the day he got his wolf..." He hiccuped.
"...his first shift was taxing on his body and his wolf...un...like others his age was huge, it was already an adult. He suffered a fever for months after that...but even at that, he...he didn't let him hold him down...he took that traitors hand when he tried to take my life. This...this man is our alpha and our leader."
