The next twenty-four hours were a blur of preparation. Ivy and Dominic trained together, learning each other's fighting styles, planning strategy. They couldn't defeat Sebastian individually, he was too skilled, too powerful. But together, if they fought as a unit, they had a chance.
The children remained safe but hostage, the bomb a constant threat hanging over everything. Ivy had to trust that Cassandra wouldn't actually harm them. That this was all leverage and theater.
She hated having to trust her children's lives to someone so clearly unstable.
As the full moon rose over Crescent Falls, hundreds of wolves gathered. Every major pack had sent representatives. The Council of Elders presided, their ancient faces solemn as they prepared to witness an Alpha duel that would reshape the p
