The air was thick with the weight of their recent success, but there was no time for celebration. Back in Zane’s territory, the small group of rescued prisoners was being cared for in a secure part of the packhouse. The warriors worked quickly, gathering medical supplies, food, and offering reassurance to those who had been through unimaginable torment. The stories the prisoners shared were harrowing, and each one painted the same picture of Alpha Kane’s cruelty—a monster cloaked in the guise of a leader.
Leona listened with clenched fists, her heart aching as each tale unfolded. These were wolves—her kind—suffering under the hands of someone who should have been their protector. Kane wasn’t just a rival Alpha, he was something far darker. A sadistic force that thrived on control, fear, a
