Chapter Twenty-Eight – Home
Carter’s P.O.V.
I couldn’t breathe.
Not because I’d run.
Not because my heart was trying to beat its way out of my chest.
Because every scream echoing through the Alpha House belonged to her.
Christa never let go of my hand.
She moved with a speed that rivaled my own, dragging me through the massive stone corridors as servants and warriors threw themselves against the walls to clear a path.
No one spoke.
No one questioned why I was there.
They only stared.
Some gasped.
Some whispered my name beneath their breath.
Others simply stood frozen, convinced they were looking at a ghost.
I didn’t look back.
I couldn’t.
Another scream tore through the castle.
It wasn’t just pain.
It was fear.
The kind of fear that reached straight through the mating bo
