The pack's roar faded into a heavy, expectant hush as I knelt naked on the stone platform. Torches ringed the circle. Flames burned high and steady. Long shadows stretched across the tiered benches. Hundreds of eyes watched from above. Betas, gammas, enforcers. Their scents mingled in the cold night air. Pine, fur, anticipation. But none mattered except the three alphas surrounding me.
Thorne stood behind. His voice carried across the amphitheater.
"This moon-born omega wears our collar. Tonight we knot him before you. Let the scent of our claim reach every rival pack. Let Kael's scouts crawl back broken and tell their alpha what belongs to us."
The crowd answered with a low, unified growl.
Aurelius stepped to my front. He gripped my chin and tilted my face up. His c**k already stood t
