Chapter 36

[Alexander]

One week. The witches had given me one week to gather my pack and have them ready for the scalping. I too had to mentally prepare myself for the most horrific death any werewolf had to endure.

It was a tough decision to make, and as the days passed, it only became tougher on my head, like leaded weights being carried on my shoulders. I was finding it hard to concentrate, and the only thing I could think of was the ones I’d picked to give up to the witches.

Among them, was not my Beta. I couldn’t bear to put my sister under the tremense stress of losing her mate, the man she loved and the father of their child. I’d be a savage beast if I had to do that. Already it felt as if what I was doing was selfish. But saving Valerie in itself was an act of selflessness. Perhaps I only looked at it that way to make it easier for me. But nothing could prepare me for what was bound to happen.

I found it difficult to fall asleep, plagued by nightma