Chapter 12: One More Sacrifice
(Lucas's POV)
Regina's violet eyes bore into mine, her gaze sharp and predatory. Even in her human form, her wolf's dominance wrapped around me, suffocating like a noose.
Bloodfang resisted, snarling within me, pacing wildly at the challenge. Shadows of her power radiated through the frozen air, and it was more than clear who held the upper hand here.
"Do you understand what you've done?" she asked, her voice deceptively calm yet heavy with suppressed wrath.
I stood tall, meeting her fire with my own, but my wolf was not foolish. Bloodfang snarled once more in frustration, finally baring its metaphorical neck, and, like instinct honed through generations of Alphas, my body followed.
I knelt slightly, lowering my gaze to the ground, neck tilted in the t
