The night air was sharp and cold as I walked the perimeter with Jay and Reed. Two weeks of tracking rogues, piecing together every move they made, only to find that the real threat wasn’t from our kind at all. A human—a reckless, power-hungry fool—had hired them, meddling in a world they didn’t understand. Someone was pulling the strings, playing god, and now every shifter, every bloodline, could be at risk. If we were exposed, everything my kind had protected for generations would be shattered.
“Alpha,” Jay said, his voice breaking through my thoughts. “What’s the plan?”
“We’re going after every last one of those rogues,” I replied, voice cold. “Alive. I’ll deal with them myself when we’re back.”
Jay and Reed nodded, their loyalty silent but unbreakable. Yet even as I gave the order, a
