* Arriane *
I must get healed soon!
The thought echoed inside my head as I sat near the open balcony, gripping the stone railing tightly enough for my knuckles to pale. Below the Alpha house, silence had finally returned after Jessa's screams faded into the distance. She betrayed me, and Alpha Daemon.
But I still heard them. The fear of punishment. His judgment and even the pain she felt. Alpha Daemon had not spared her. His anger almost shook everyone.
A cold wind brushed against my skin, carrying the scent of pine trees and mountain grass through the territory. Usually, I loved this fresh scent. It reminded me of my freedom, of hunting through forests beneath the moonlight.
Now all I could smell was the silver poison in my body.
The poison that still lingered faintly inside my vein
