Twilight settled, the town lights flickering to life.
Alpha Theodore stood by the river, moonlight casting a cold sheen across his face.
Before him, Mark Brennan knelt, bound tight, his forehead slamming against the ground. "Alpha Theodore, please, I'm begging you—spare my pup!"
Alpha Theodore's enforcers stood beside a stroller, its wheels inches from the river's edge.
"Tell me the truth, and he's free," Alpha Theodore said.
Mark's eyes flashed with fear. "Alpha Theodore, I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Don't know?" Alpha Theodore's lips curled into a faint, chilling smile. "You've got three seconds."
"Three seconds, and if I don't hear something useful, your pup goes where he belongs."
Alpha Theodore locked eyes with Mark's trembling face and started the countdown.
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