Chapter 8: Blade of Nothing

Blackfang found out at 8:04 the next morning. I know because Della was in the archive when the pack-wide message went out, and she says grown warriors made noises she'd never heard. RE: EMERGENCY RANK — WREN THORNE, OF THE THORNE LINE. Blade of the Alliance. Overseer of Rites. Seraphine found me in the kennel corridor at 8:20, still holding her tea, and she was smiling. That's how I knew it would get ugly. "Thorne," she said. "So we've all been calling you the wrong thing." "Seraphine—" "Seven...