Chapter 23: Questions of War

Dane POV

Dane paced the Great Hall of the Cresta home while his brothers and Lilia, as well as some of the other Cresta family members, all digested the news.

Monk refused to say anything else beyond his accusations that someone in the Evenhide Pack targeted Lilia implying that one of Dane’s brothers did it. A sure sign that he’d said too much about someone he feared more than he did Dane.

For now, Dane, Kyon, and Jiro decided that questioning him further wouldn’t be productive. Lilia agreed. The two youngest Cresta brothers had other ideas involving stink pellets and a fake silver sword to make him sweat, but Dane told them, “It hasn’t come to that yet.”

“Just say the word,” Patch said.

“The fake silver sword worked on Kyon,” Dirge added.

“Only once,” Kyon said, waving them away.

“I’ve never seen a shifter jump that high in wolf form,” Patch continued with a laugh.

“I don’t think the mangy little swamp rat in our jailhouse can match how high Kyon jumped,” Jiro mused.