Hatred simmered within the Alpha King as his wolf snarled furiously inside him. "No one hurts my pup! No one! I'll tear them to pieces!" the wolf growled in his mind, its fur bristling, fangs bared, ready to leap and destroy. The Alpha King was on the verge of losing control, struggling to keep his wolf at bay.
Though his rage mirrored the beast within, he couldn't afford to unleash it—his wolf had lost all reason and would rip through anything in its path. But the effort to restrain it was taking its toll. He felt utterly drained, his strength slipping away as the battle raged within.
It felt as though he had just uncovered a secret that had been buried for years—a long-standing conspiracy orchestrated by the Vampires to bring down their kind. They might not be simply retreating after the war; they might be playing the long game.
