SELENA
I ran through the woods faster than I had in centuries, pulling at trees and underbrush as I pushed myself past my limits. I could hear Lucien behind me—the pounding of his enormous lycan body, the predatory snarls that spoke of death if he caught up to me.
It had all come apart so spectacularly, so completely, that I could hardly take it in. And my highly strategized attack gave way to a landslide of Lena's power. Jubril's men had fled the exact second they knew they'd already lost, leaving me for dead without a moment's thought. And Ash — the True Alpha I’d used as my perfect distraction — was dead on the battlefield, his purpose served and life through.
"Cowards!" I screamed into the void of the forest, but I’m not sure if I was cursing Jubril’s troops or myself. "All of you,
