The night felt like it dragged on forever. After the fight, the silence was heavy and awful. Scarlett’s heart was still racing, and her head was spinning, trying to make sense of what just happened. The rogue Alpha was dead at her feet, blood staining the snow around him. His pack? Gone. They ran back into the woods as fast as they could. Even though they won, she couldn't shake the feeling things were about to get a lot worse.
Caden kept his hand on her arm, warm and strong. It helped her keep it together as things began to settle. The rush she had during the fight was fading. Now, she just felt empty. The power that had exploded out of her—the raw energy that had torn through the rogue Alpha—was still coursing through her, but now it just felt like a ton of bricks. She had no idea how t
