We attacked and the battle began, but I noticed that Adrian wasn’t fighting me. He was avoiding a direct fight with me, and it looked deliberate. He moved through the chaos, dodging my swings, his eyes darting toward me but never engaging. It was infuriating. Alpha Alessandro, on the other hand, was a different story—he was hell-bent on wiping us out, his attacks brutal and relentless. From what I could tell, only Adrian, his beta, and one other warrior from Silver Fang—whose name I couldn’t remember—were here. The rest weren’t Silver Fang. I was almost certain they were from Iron Claw, fighting alongside that bastard Alessandro.
“Keep your eyes up, Ashley!” Silvia shouted from somewhere to my left, her voice steady despite the chaos. She was locked in a fight with one of Alessandro’s men
