"Georgia's voice cracked like a whip through the smoke-choked air, trembling with fury and raw, unbearable grief. She was on her feet now, her entire body shaking. Her claws still dripped with blood, half of it hers, the rest from whoever had tried to hold her back. Her face was smeared with ash, soot, and streaks of tears, but her eyes… her eyes were wildfire. Ferocious. Wounded. Cursed.
And they locked onto Jared like a blade to the heart.
"You better fix this," she hissed, stepping forward, "or so help me, I will burn this entire world to the ground!"
Jared didn't flinch.
He stood in the middle of the ruined hall, framed by firelight and shadow, the Alpha crown weighing like a mountain on his head. Smoke still curled around his boots, the scent of blood and singed earth th
