Alexander: I felt it before the first howl broke the air. And that was the moment everything tipped from tension into chaos. Garren had just stepped back, his chest still rising from the fight, when it hit. A roar. Not one. Dozens. And I knew that this had started long before we realized. The only difference now was there was no going back. “They’re here!” one of my wolves shouted. And then they came, from every side. Lucien’s men were fully attacking us on full strikes, flooding our boarders like they were nothing less than monsters who were ready for their attack. “Hold the line!” I barked. “And this is not going to stop until they take their last breaths!” My voice cut through the chaos as I stepped forward, meeting the first of them head-on. There was no hesitation. No paus

