Axel went back to bed immediately after his declaration, leaving Ashleigh no option for rebuttal. Corrine tried to calm her down, and Wyatt reminded her that it was Axel’s right as Alpha to put limitations on the wolves of Winter.
Ashleigh struggled to get past her anger and sleep the rest of the night. However, when she finally did, she slept later than intended and could not catch Axel before he left to coordinate with Saul.
All she could do was pout to her new friend.
“It sucks that your brother pulled rank on you,” Clara said. “But you wouldn’t have been able to join the hunt anyway.”
“Why not?” Ashleigh asked.
“We’re headed home this afternoon,” Clara smiled.
“Well, yea, but if I had gone on the hunt, we would have gone home tomorrow,” Ashleigh said. “Actually, I might just go anyway...”
Clara’s smile dropped.
“But you can’t….” Clara said quickly. “It was a direct order from your Alpha.”
