Sleep didn’t come again that night, not with the adrenaline coursing through me like icy fire in my veins. My mind raced, calculating every possible move. If I stayed passive, they’d crush me like a brittle bone beneath their immortal claws. But if I fought, I’d have to be clever, careful. Alpha Idris wielded ancient power the kind that bent centuries of loyalty and fear to his will. Harriet, with her webs of influence among the blooded elite, was no less dangerous. And the rest of the pack orbited their darkness, caught in their shadow like moths to a flame. The only way to survive was to find the cracks in their perfect immortal world and exploit them.
The first pale light of dawn crept through the barred window, the faintest hint of sun forbidden in this underground sanctuary where sha
