"Where is Draven?" I demanded, my voice trembling as I clutched the bloodied collar of a fallen warrior. The rising sun cast an eerie orange glow over the battlefield, highlighting the pools of crimson scattered across the trampled ground.
"We don’t know," growled Kade, Draven's Beta, his face hardened with guilt and frustration. "He vanished after taking down the rival Alpha."
My heart pounded painfully in my chest. Draven had disappeared into the darkness, and no one had seen him since. The memory of him lunging at the enemy Alpha played on a loop in my mind. One moment he was there, a force of unstoppable power, and the next—gone.
"He wouldn't just leave us!" I yelled, my voice cracking. "We have to find him."
The pack warriors exchanged hesitant glances. Some looked away, b
