Alpha Lucien’s POV
“Alpha!”
The soldier’s voice rang through the corridor, desperate and shaking. I didn’t need to ask who he was or what this was about. I’d been waiting for news all day, restless, on edge, a storm building in my chest.
He burst into the room, dirt and blood smeared across his uniform. His eyes wouldn’t meet mine.
I stood from the desk, my instincts prickling. “Speak.”
He swallowed hard. “We were ambushed.”
My heart stilled.
“What?”
“Rogue wolves, Alpha. We didn’t see them coming, they came from all directions.”
My jaw tightened. “Where?”
“At the southern ridge, near the border of the Dark Pine territory.”
“Where Kael and Aria were hiding,” I said under my breath.
He nodded. “Yes, Alpha. We tracked Gracie there as ordered, but something went wrong. There was m
