Orion's POV
Kate looked worried now. “You didn’t know?”
I didn’t answer. My mind was already racing—flashing through memories, scenes, pieces that hadn’t made sense before.
Her strength.
Her resistance to commands.
And I hadn’t seen it.
I clenched my fists, fury and confusion rising in equal measure.
If Ravenna was an alpha… then everything I thought I knew had just shifted.
Ben didn’t kidnap her to hurt her.
He knew she was an alpha too, maybe he tried recruiting her, or perhaps wants to steal her power.
To build a pack of his own.
Kate took a step back as I growled low in my throat.
“Orion,” she said carefully, “you’re scaring me.”
I turned my eyes on her. “You’re telling me… her eyes turned red?”
“Yes,” she replied. “The night she bit me. I thought it was normal, because y
