Ava's POV
The dungeon was cold, damp, and suffocating. My body ached, the wolfsbane crawling like fire through my veins, making every breath heavy and slow. I clung to the bars for balance, my fingers numb against the iron but I refused to sink to the ground.
Then I saw them.
At first, only those glowing red eyes burned out of the shadows. My heart thudded painfully against my ribs. They weren’t just glowing, they were alive, searing into me and watching me.
Step by step, he emerged. The Red-Eyed Alpha.
He wasn’t in wolf form, he was in his human form, tall and broad, his presence filling the narrow corridor like smoke. His black hair fell just enough to shadow his sharp cheekbones, his jaw set in a cruel strength but it was his eyes, those molten red eyes, that held me frozen in pla
