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The forest reeked of blood and burning earth.
Kael’s warriors clashed in the distance, wolves tearing each other apart under the weight of my mark’s spreading power. The air crackled with lightning from Darius’s storm, and Lucien’s shadows coiled tighter with every passing second.
But none of it compared to the silence between the three Alphas now.
All of their eyes were on me.
Kael’s golden fire burned with raw desperation. Darius’s storm-gray gaze shimmered with suspicion and longing. And Lucien… Lucien looked at me like I was already crowned, his queen of darkness, untouchable.
Fenric was still on his knees before me, his glowing silver eyes locked with worship on my face. His lips trembled as he whispered, “Command me, Moonbane… and I will obey.”
The words jolted throu
