The bond would not stop burning.
Ivy pressed a hand against her collarbone, her fingers trembling as the silver mark glowed beneath her skin like living fire.
Across from her, Rowan stood motionless.
The same mark burned across his chest.
Ancient.
Unbreakable.
The temple air had grown heavy with power.
Every wolf inside could feel it.
A bond stronger than death itself had just been forged.
And it terrified them.
The witch stepped back slowly, her eyes wide with dread.
“This… this has never happened before.”
Rowan’s voice was quiet.
“Explain.”
His tone had changed since returning from death.
It was calmer.
Colder.
But beneath that calm lived something dangerous.
Something older than the Alpha King they once knew.
The witch swallowed hard.
“The resurrection ritual used th
