KIAN'S POV.
I turned in my sleep, sweat running down my skin as the darkness pulled me under again.
The sound of voices and footsteps reached me first.
Then the forest appeared, circling me… closing in.
My heart hammered as shadows moved between the trees.
I saw it happening all over again—my own warriors rushing toward me, eyes hard, jaws clenched like they were preparing for war. But the war wasn’t with enemies.
It was with me.
“What are you doing?” I questioned. "What is the meaning of this?“
One of them froze—only for a second. Enough for me to see guilt flash in his eyes before he quickly masked it.
“Sorry, Delta,” he murmured, voice tight. “Alpha’s orders.”
Before I could answer, another slammed his fist into my ribs. Pain shot through my side and the memory flipped—
I was
