Chapter Sixty

Darius’s POV

The night was quiet, the kind of stillness that seemed to swallow all sound. The air was thick with tension, an invisible weight that pressed down on everything, making it hard to breathe. I stood in the shadows, my eyes fixed on the pack house in the distance, my mind racing with thoughts of what was to come.

I had returned to the Starbunt Pack with a purpose. A mission that required precision, cunning, and a bit of luck. I had no intention of getting caught up in petty conflicts or unnecessary violence, but Alpha Orion had left me no choice. He was standing in my way, and I needed to make him understand that my return was inevitable.

The pack was restless, I could feel it. The disappearance of the children, the strange occurrences that had plagued them recently, all of it pointed to something bigger, something more sinister at play. And at the center of it all was Anita. The girl who had survived the curse, defying the odds and putting herself directly in the line of fi