Chapter 16

Callum

Darkness consumes me, wrapping its inky tendrils around my heart and mind until all that remains is a twisted obsession. The prophecy beats within my skull, pulsing in rhythm with the malevolent force that now guides my every action.

I crave power, hunger for it like a starving beast. The ancient words promise untold strength to the one who controls the fated child - the key to ruling over all packs, bending them to my will.

And that child grows now in Aria's womb. My heir, my blood. The instrument of my ascension.

Aria. Even now, her name stirs something in me, a flicker of the love we once shared. But it's buried deep beneath the layers of madness and ambition, a fading ember drowned out by the raging inferno of my new purpose.

She is nothing to me now but a means to an end. A vessel to carry my legacy and deliver me the power I crave. And I will have her, one way or another.

The dark force thrums in agreement, urging me onwards. With my loyal warriors at my back, I set out f