THIRD POV.
Thunder rolled over Moonveil territory like a warning of what was to come as Alpha Gareth stood outside the pack house, Laura beside him, their eyes fixed on the dark line of trees.
It wasn’t just the sound now. Something was moving in there.
Not the easy, gliding motion of a wolf. Not even the erratic skitter of a rogue. This was heavier. Bigger.
A huge shadow slid between the trunks, its movements too fast for something that size.
Lightning split the sky with a jagged crack, throwing white light over the forest for less than a second. In that instant, Gareth and Laura saw it.
Eyes, glowing like fire. A form twisted into a shape that was part wolf, part… something else entirely. Its legs were too long, its shoulders hunched unnaturally high, and when it turned its head, t
