That night, the Stormrage Pack’s recruit training camp—usually dark and silent by midnight—blazed with floodlights.
An hour later, Lucian and his men discovered the body of the recruit, Eugene.
Everything matched Valerie’s story perfectly. There were clear signs of a struggle. Eugene’s body bore wounds consistent with a desperate fight. According to Valerie, the lights had been smashed during the brawl, and in the pitch-black chaos, she had lunged with her blade. She hadn't known where she’d struck him, only that he had stumbled out into the night.
It appeared Valerie had severed his carotid artery. Eugene had bled out rapidly while trying to hide in a secluded corner, his futile attempts to staunch the wound leaving a gruesome trail that ended in his death.
The records in Valerie’s of
