Samantha's POV A familiar voice cut through the chaos. The moment I heard it, I knew—Andrew was here. Relief should have come, but my body was too weak to respond. Colin still held me tightly, his arms wrapped around me as if I might disappear the moment he let go. Blood soaked through his sleeve where the rogue wolves had torn into him, dripping steadily onto the ground. And yet… in his arms, I wasn't afraid anymore. "Alpha… you finally made it," Colin said, his voice strained but steady. Andrew's presence alone shifted the entire atmosphere. The crowd that had been jeering moments ago fell into dead silence. No one dared to move. No one dared to breathe too loudly. His aura pressed down on them like a storm about to break. His gaze landed on Colin's injuries—and then on me. Some

