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Chapter 94

Author: Anna C
last update publish date: 2026-04-28 04:29:16

Mara POV

The drive up to the Iron Fang silver mines is treacherous.

The heavy all-terrain transports groan and slide against the steep, washed-out mountain roads. The temperature drops rapidly the higher we climb, the crisp autumn air turning into a biting, damp frost.

I sit in the passenger seat of the lead vehicle, my jaw clenched so hard my teeth ache. Beside me, Elias—the group leader who had begged for his pack’s lives—is trembling. He has a Blood Moon thermal jacket wrapped tightly around
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