Maximus's POV
The moment my roar…ENOUGH! shattered through the battlefield, the entire world froze.
Claws stopped mid-strike. Teeth stopped mid-lunge.Wolves halted with their jaws inches from each other’s throats.
The air itself seemed to stop breathing.
Several eyes turned toward me.
Warriors. Alphas. Rogues. My people.
The night fell silent in a way that made the hair on my back rise.
Emilia climbed down from my back, her movements stiff from exhaustion, and fury. Soraya slipped from her grip and collapsed onto the dirt like a useless rag. Emilia shoved her down harder with a single push of her foot.
Lucien’s wolf pushed forward through the ranks, eyes blazing.
‘Your Majesty… what are you doing?’ he asked through the link, breathless, bloody, desperate.
I shifted, bones snapp
