KARIN
“They can choose,” I said, my voice calm and even. “They always could. You just made them forget.”
I felt him react at once. The pressure came fast and sharp as he tried to reclaim control. Alpha force rolled outward, heavy and demanding, meant to bend every wolf back into obedience. I felt it pass through the bond like a storm.
But Luna’s Call had already reached them.
It had not ordered them. It had reminded them. It had pulled old memories to the surface. Warm homes. Quiet mornings. Children growing up without alarms or blood. It had given them back the feeling of wanting something for themselves.
“That fear doesn’t own them anymore,” I said quietly.
“This isn’t over,” Sebastian Drayke snarled. “I’ll find another way. I’ll...”
“You’ll what?” I interrupted. “March against w
