SERAPHINA No. No, no, no. Grace was in love with Alpha Jude and Alpha Gideon had just witnessed her kiss him. When I provoked Grace earlier, I hadn’t imagined my words would become the match that ignited this powder keg. Now, I could see it clearly, unmistakably in the murder blazing through Alpha Gideon’s bloodshot eyes as they locked on Alpha Jude. For one suspended moment, the clearing went still. Even the wind seemed to freeze, holding its breath as though it too sensed the coming storm. “Alpha Jude! HOW DARE YOU!!” Alpha Gideon’s roar tore through the night air like a war drum and then, everything erupted. He didn’t move. He vanished. A blur of obsidian rage tore through the clearing, his clothes shredding as his body burst into a monstrous black wolf, taller and broader tha

