“There she is.”
The words snapped something inside Kael.
Power exploded from him instantly.
Silver energy burst through the ruined hall as his wolf surged to the surface, violent and territorial. The force of it slammed through the room hard enough to crack pillars and drive every other wolf backward.
Even the Hollow King paused.
Kael pulled Midnight behind him with one arm while his eyes locked on the chained creature below.
“Do not speak to her like you own her.”
The alpha’s voice no longer sounded fully human.
It sounded like teeth.
Midnight’s crimson gaze lifted slowly toward him.
And for one terrifying second—
the demon inside her wanted to challenge him.
Not out of hatred.
Instinct.
Predator meeting predator.
The darkness around her thickened immediately in response.
