Chapter 43 

~Valeria ~ Father, Mother, Jade, and I sit in the garden at a table having breakfast, looking like a real family as Father tells us what happened. “It was devastated.” “The camp?” I ask. “Yes. We lost the camp. The enemy gained the upper hand. Our own men betrayed us.” This is what Raphael had told me. “In the middle of the night, they let the enemy in, and we were attacked from inside. We still won the fight, but we knew we had to pull back. We weren’t about to leave the enemy a place to claim, so we burned it. I was in terrible shape and barely made it out alive. Lieutenant Ivy Rochdale saved me.” “The Beta’s daughter,” I mutter. “Yes. I’ll be recommending her for promotion. Maybe to be the first female General.” That’s big. It wasn’t long ago that females weren’t even allowed to be warriors. “So now what will happen?” “We’ve retracted all packs and placed them on the border of the Royal pack.” “Are we… losing?” I ask. “No. Valeria, we have plans. Plans I cannot speak of.” “Then why