Axe's POV The male warriors from my pack and many from my allied packs stand behind me as Lilac's father and I are led into a large stone room that could have been a through room at one point. The long abandoned building is in the middle of nowhere and it's a few dozen miles before you would be able to reach any sort of town. It reminds me of a crumbling castle. Falling apart at the seams, the same way I will tear this monster apart the first chance I get. The deformed creature sits upon a stone throne, cracks threatening to pebble into dust beneath him. I watch him with the same careful eyes he assesses me with. An enemy. My first since finding Lilac. She had brought a semblance of peace among our pack, but I should have known that wouldn't last forever. "The Blood Alpha," th

