g, everything was still as if the whole pack was in sleep. Aria

I'm s

k's lair's dim corridors. Escaping was her sole objective. To vanished. Kael therefore wouldn

rose from the fog. One bore the

's soulmate, evidence of

ready past. Darkness swallowed her entirely

nt stone arena surrounded by the pack. The Elde

uated. Should you prevail, your bond and rank will remain.

cloak to show battered

cannot ignore the blood that boils in me anytime she is in peril.

ead

ng a secret plot from the pack. Everyone's gaze was

same moment. Her hands were tethered. Elder Maeron

ught you might save him by fleeing?" You only off

ered weakly

e air. Their eyes glued on the center, the pack encircled the venue. Silver eyes gleaming, Lyra stood with a

. With fury and heavy burden in his eye

've lost your way, Kael; I'll free you

The Alpha's aura s

verberated out. She grabbed his arm and smashed her against a

ra

smiled, some members of the cr

, yet she was still standi

eding, the battle persisted.

l. The human girl. She's g

ed abruptly

a trial to kill the

shoulder first, gathering every last ounce of power and pin

ay, you die togeth

ra hissed, eyes wid

nd observed. Kael got up,

he menaced. "Now, wh

seconds after Kael won the ar

is what is left of

ed in fabric out. A body abused and

e who had attempted to flee for him last evening. The one

Low, trembling enough to silence

nly rescued you from shame." She be

ou tormented her

the ground under him. Some wolves bent low.

"One further movement against her... and I will

es smoldered with a different men

ria murmur

ed, laden with pain as he ad

ack members as a man almost lost h

cave, placed Aria on the stone bed

hould have never let you

ia said, "Kael... they

ers, burning with will. "You are mine." Until death. And

et basement of the Elders that night, surroun

der influence, "Kael has crossed the line. He brought a human to the heart of the pac

ut he won the duel. According

e written. as long as the old blood

d, "What shal

sess an Alpha's value via blood a

ls?" another vo

id confidently. "Prepare yourselves." Kael will drop on the

a black premonition. He sensed Maeron would not stay still. Retaining Aria would call

next morning, shattering the hazy morning atmosphere

ng ancestral robes, stood in the middle. Kael moved ahead, jaw clenched. Rowan stood ale

of the bloodline, for the glory of our an

odding, they understood this was not a re

r blood stays pure. Your soul is free

t with resounding voice.

al forest. Blood, Soul, and Choice: three trials are waiting. Fail one, and you

e stayed constant. K

ed, "and when I return, I will cleanse

rth cracked little. Kael fled

if a human remained Alpha's mate spread. Rowan started hunting traitors fro