Derek’s Pov
I could feel her fear through our bond. It hit me like a punch to the gut, making my wolf howl inside my head. Every muscle in my body screamed to shift, to run, to tear through anyone who stood between me and Kira.
"Alpha, we're ready." Derek's voice snapped me back to the war room.
Twenty pairs of eyes watched me, waiting. My best fighters stood armed to the teeth, faces grim with determination. Silver bullets for the traitors. Regular ammo for everyone else. The map on the table showed the concrete monstrosity my father had built – his "emergency bunker" that was really just another monument to his paranoia.
I traced the blinking dot on the screen. Kira. My mate. My... everything.
"Alpha?" Derek prompted again.
"They've moved her deeper inside," I said, pointing to the
