Chapter 8: The Nightblood Pack

Dawn arrived, and it didn’t take too long to guess which pack won. Bright red blood stained the snow like rubies swimming in the moonlight.

Before the hours of the fighting in the dead of night, the Alpha King brought me to his camp nearby where his pack healers and Omega servants are, and then left without a word.

The silver chains’ hold around my wrist results in an itching reddish mark. But the healers already made me feel better. I'm no longer thirsty or hungry or hallucinating. Though my body still badly ached, at least I managed to have a sound sleep.

I am the Alpha King’s mate, the only one he encountered.

While to me...he was my second chance. Mara was more joyous today than when we found out Alpha Gregor was our mate. She kept on howling cheerfully non-stop now.

I don’t know if I should be happy. Fear still washed over me like a rising tide, drowning me until I could not breathe.

I inhaled and exhaled thr