The courtyard reeked of blood and ash.Selene stood on the highest balcony of the Alpha Hall, her cloak whipping in the midnight wind. Below her, warriors scrambled, dragging away the charred remains of the creature Ryker called a harbinger.It had appeared as a blur of smoke and claw ; silent, swift, and dripping with shadow. Three sentries had died before they even knew what hit them.And Ryker had killed it.He’d broken his chains, shifted mid-air into a black-furred beast with glowing silver eyes, and torn the harbinger in half with a single bite.The pack had seen it. They had all seen it.And for the first time, Selene wasn’t the one they looked to for power.They looked at him.She stormed into the war room, eyes blazing. Ryker was there, shirtless, wounded, wiping blood off his jaw with a rag. His skin gleamed with sweat and moonlight, the sight of him infuriatingly distracting.“You shifted inside my estate,” she hissed.“You’re welcome,” he said without looking up.“You brok
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