SCARLETT
The forest was too quiet.
Every breath from Kael, Darius, and Lucien echoed against the night like thunder, but beyond them, the world held its breath. The chaos of wolves tearing each other apart had hushed because they were waiting. Waiting for me.
My fingertips hovered in the air, the silver fire searing my skin, begging to leap into them.
Three Alphas. Fire. Storm. Shadow.
And I… I was the center pulling them all into orbit.
Kael’s voice cracked, raw and desperate. “Scarlett, don’t. If you touch me like this, it’ll break everything. My pack, my bond, my control—”
“Maybe that’s what she wants,” Darius interrupted, his storm-gray eyes flashing with wild hunger. His body trembled with resistance, his wolf clawing against my pull, but his voice carried no denial. “Maybe sh
