Chapter 71: The Blood Price
Killian POV
A pale witness to the commotion that was building below, the moon hung low in the sky. The pack's territory was a battleground, the earth soaked with the blood of fighters who had battled for the same cause in the past. The smell of perspiration, anxiety, and the distinct taste of death permeated the air. As the conflict raged below, the wind howled around us as we stood at the brink of the cliff. A violent concerto of metal clashes and wolf howls reverberated throughout the night.
I had always anticipated the day when we would be unable to maintain the tenuous strands of peace. The one that would put loyalty to the test and break it. The conflict between my pack and Darius's army had intensified more quickly than anybody could have anticipated. E
