Xander's POV
I had seen a lot in my life. Too much probably. Wars between packs that left entire territories soaked in blood. Massacres ordered by men who smiled while they signed death warrants. Betrayals that cut deeper than any blade. But nothing prepared me for this.
Natalie stood in the center of the throne room glowing like she had swallowed the moon. Her hair was pure white now. Not blonde. Not silver. White as fresh snow and it moved around her face like she was underwater even though there was no breeze. Her eyes burned blue. Not the soft blue they had been before but fire blue. Electric blue. The kind of blue that could cut through steel.
And the power. God the power radiating off her made it hard to breathe. The air itself felt thick and cold and charged with something I did
