By the time Alicia had fully asserted her presence, the courtyard was packed with six towering Alphas, each radiating raw power that made the ground beneath them seem heavier. Their wolves pressed forward instinctively, growling, snarling, and circling, yet all of them hesitated, wary of the enormous, pure-white wolf standing before them.
Ethan stood closest, muscles coiled like a spring ready to snap, his protective aura flaring around Alicia. Beside him were Caelan, Brodrick, Logan, and Eric, all formidable in their own right, and the sixth Alpha, an imposing figure from the Stormridge Pack, had just arrived, eyes blazing with the same possessive fury as the others.
No one dared speak. Every Alpha was acutely aware that Alicia’s wolf dwarfed theirs in size and raw energy, her glowing b
