The world bled red.
The moon hung heavy and low, cloaked in shadow, its glow a deep crimson that washed the forest in eerie light. Every wolf in Twin Moon pack could feel it — the air thick with energy, their instincts screaming of danger.
In the center of the clearing, Darius stood surrounded by his warriors, his gaze locked on the horizon where the dark lands began. The bond to Damon pulsed in his chest, faint but steady — like a heartbeat buried beneath the earth.
He could feel his brother calling.
“Alpha,” Beta Cole said, his voice tense. “The border patrols are vanishing. The rogues are moving in circles — like they’re guarding something.”
Darius’s jaw clenched. “They’re guarding him.”
He turned to the pack. “No one moves until I give the signal. Whatever happens tonight, you pr
