Alex’s POV I left the pack leader’s estate feeling a strange mix of triumph and restlessness. The alliance discussions had gone well, but my mind refused to settle. Scarlet. Even though I kept telling myself I didn’t care, her face lingered in my thoughts. Then Sienna’s call came through like a bombshell. “Alex, you have to come quick,” she said, her voice trembling. “Scarlet’s gone crazy. She’s… messing around with a bunch of men at some rundown place.” Rage exploded inside me. How dare she? I tore through the streets, my foot slamming the gas pedal. Images swirled in my head—Scarlet with other men, laughing and flirting. Was this how low she’d sunk? I arrived to find Sienna waiting outside a shabby building. I jerked the car door open, anger coursing through every vein. “Where?” I

