LILY
Three days until the challenge. Three days until the man I loved would face four Alpha wolves in combat that could end his life.
I watched from the training room window as Ace worked with the Alpha King ring, his movements becoming more fluid with each passing hour. The ancient power was bonding with him, transforming him into something magnificent and terrifying.
But also something that might not come home to me.
"He's getting stronger," Marcus said, appearing beside me.
"Is it enough?"
"It has to be."
That wasn't the reassurance I needed. I'd been living on "has to be" for days now, and the uncertainty was eating me alive.
Ace moved through the training sequence again, the ring pulsing with dark fire as he channeled its power. His body was changing—more defined, more powerfu
