Chapter 160

COLE'S POV

It was madness. It was a suffocating whirlwind of chaos. Every day, it felt like the pack was sinking further into the depths of hell, loyal or not, all of us were trapped under Yaz’s tyranny.

Yaz had become a monster. A tyrant in every sense of the word. He killed without hesitation, and each day, new rules were former. Cruel rules.

He had turned everyone into slaves. Pack members' homes were ransacked, their food hoarded for himself. The only ones who ate were those who bowed before him and slaved to meet his impossible standards.

The sight of children, once full of life, now dragging their small bodies through hard labor broke me. Their tiny hands once meant for books and laughter now cracked and bruised from the work that had been forced upon them just so their families could survive.

How could anyone be this cruel? Even the young were not spared his wrath.

I had anticipated a reign of terror, but never like this. Not even in my darkest thoughts had I imagined he woul