CALLUM Thorn led us deeper into the underground chamber, my heart pounding with a mix of anticipation and anger. Each step seemed to reverberate with the weight of the mission to find my mate, and bring her back safely. The shadows on both sides of the walls seemed to writhe around us, and suddenly, a group of almost 30 masked guards emerged, their eyes glinting with an unsettling malevolence, their masks themed of various animals. From the most ridiculous pig to a ferocious looking gorilla. "Where is my mate?!" Unbridled anger almost overcame me at the sight of the enemy guards, my voice timbres lower as my wolf peeked through, his presence so close to the surface. "You intruders! How dare you breach upon our sacred grounds with their defiled selfs?! You have sinned greatly. And only y

