of sex, sweat,

black sheets of the bed that were all tangled up now, a

ckwell

st. He was powerfully muscular, and tattoos curled up his arms and neck like

m his lip with the back of his hand and

wled lazily on the couch with his shirt hanging o

d on the bed. She was a high-ranking wolf from the WinterMoon Pack and

ow and then, and she coul

most as powerful as his build, with a sid

till dazed, "I... Al

nce and continued, "You were never here for that. You were a distraction. You came to expe

enjoyed watching she-wolves break at their mercy, "Don't look so

her clothes from the floor and f

's cigarette filled the space, and of course, thei

ain and this time, thei

the moment he softly cl

omen for today, A

ave," Ellio

e's news,

" Jayden ha

d, "The CEO of Lunaris Biotec

silver eyes li

he pushed off the wal

t identity and a company that came out of nowhere five years ago, and has been roaring wi

ells like," Elliot said, "Wha

dential patent three weeks ago. A serum coded as AX-23. Initial r

n stubbed out his cigarette, something dangerous f

perimental. And I've learnt that the CEO

too, "Then we'll give

unbothered, "So that's why we're playing the partnershi

Jayden's grin returned, "We'll

g...else," Carter

e snapped at

oison's evolving faster than predicted.

ened on the couch, the first flicker of ten

Carter c

im, "Yeah, we know. Then it resets to thirty," He

e city, and none of them even twitche

cating as Ajax began walking, hands buried inside his pocke

enough to," Jayden mu

lbows on his knees, "Oh, don't get soft on

en shot back. "Not fr

oward them, his eyes like glacie

ancing between them, "Th

ictory over the Ironclaw border dispute. A night meant to honor us," He ran a hand

wine. The imported crimson batch from the eas

with anger, "Except o

llowed was like the

wasn't immediate. It was designed to slowly dismantling our wolf DNA while keeping us functional. To everyone e

the molecular base matches a venom strain that isn't related t

ed a look, and Jayden's ey

e've been tracing the source, but whoeve

o did it." Ajax's ey

t y

don't kn

er amusement completely gone.

around the cigarette between them, "Whoever

em," Carter continued. "That kind of biochemical manipulation isn't

actly how to kill Alphas. Sounds li

rless grin, "It sounds like so

d their chemist, their labs, the

k shadow against the golden lights outside. He was a bit calmer now, "But for now, we have to get

., then the probl

Ajax's eyes turned crimson for a