The Alpha Mansion had become a graveyard.
Eva’s boots splashed in puddles of blood as she stepped through the broken gates. The once-regal corridor was littered with bodies—guards, servants, even some council members—slain, mauled, or burned. The chandeliers above still swung slightly, blood dripping from shattered glass.
Her heart thundered as she reached the grand hall.
There he was.
Kai.
Her mate. Her husband.
Chained like a beast to the central pillar, his arms and legs wrapped in layers of thick silver-drenched iron, his eyes no longer the warm, fierce gold she knew—but dark, rimmed in black veins. Ferocious. Unstable.
And yet… when her scent hit the air, something in him shifted.
“Eva…” His lips parted, voice hoarse—half human, half beast.
But then the madness surged back. W
