Lucas felt the hackles going up among the males around him, and he knew it would be a disaster if they shifted and went after August in wolf form. She couldn't be harmed like that—that wasn't his intention when he gave Gunnar the go ahead to antagonize her.
If she was truly destined to be their Luna, Lucas thought a display of her power for the males who were with him would be beneficial. He had no choice but to bring her in on the elder's orders, but that didn't mean she couldn't use the opportunity to impress some of them and leave a conviction in their hearts about who she was.
Many who worked at the behest of the elders were convinced of the inherent danger of the alyko as a whole and of August specifically. They believed she should not be here and that Graeme should not have returned.
