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CHAPTER 4

Author: Victoria.c.
last update publish date: 2025-09-05 08:41:30

The Silent Arrival

The feast smelled of blood and smoke. Not fresh blood—old, soaked into the stones, hidden beneath the aroma of roasted meat and spiced wine. This was a hall built on violence, a hall that stank of Damien Blackthorn’s rule.

I walked among his wolves as though I belonged, my steps measured, unhurried. None stopped me. They wouldn’t dare. I wore no crest, no banner, yet my presence was enough to part their ranks.

Eyes followed me. Some filled with suspicion, others with the instinctive wariness that comes when a predator senses another.

But only one gaze I sought.

There he sat at the head of the table—Alpha Damien. Broad-shouldered, golden-haired, a smirk carved into his face like he had never known defeat. His people worshipped him, feared him, loathed him in equal measure. He thrived on it.

I had heard the whispers before I came. Cruel. Ruthless. Unstable. He reminded me of a fire left to burn unchecked—bright, destructive, destined to collapse under its own hunger.

And then I saw her.

The omega at his side.

At first, I thought Damien was flaunting a servant, some petty display of power. But no—she sat where no omega should sit. At the Alpha’s right hand. Her dark hair brushed her shoulders, her chin lifted though I caught the faint tremor in her hands.

Interesting.

Her eyes swept the hall, meeting stares with quiet defiance. And when they landed on me—just for a heartbeat—I saw it. The flicker of something Damien had not crushed.

Spirit.

My lips curved, though no one noticed. An omega with fire still burning inside her. Rare. Dangerous.

Damien’s hand tightened on her shoulder, possessive, like a chain disguised as a touch. The hall erupted in cheers as he raised his goblet and declared her his. The words rang hollow to me. I’d seen enough Alphas claim what they didn’t deserve.

I leaned back in the shadows, studying them both.

The girl—Elena, someone whispered—would not survive long at Damien’s side. Not unless someone intervened. Not unless fate itself had teeth.

And fate, I suspected, had led me here tonight.

The Clash of Alphas

The feast wound down in drunken revelry. Wolves bellowed songs, slammed fists on tables, tore meat from bone. I remained in the shadows, silent, waiting. Watching.

When Damien finally rose, dragging the girl with him, I followed at a distance. The corridors of the packhouse were dim, the air cooler, quieter. My boots made no sound on the stone.

“Step out,” Damien commanded suddenly, voice sharp.

I allowed myself a small smile. So, he had sensed me after all. Good. He wasn’t completely blind.

I emerged from the shadows, unhurried. His warriors stiffened, hands brushing blades, but Damien waved them back. His pride wouldn’t let another man speak to me first.

“Alpha Damien,” I greeted, inclining my head the barest fraction. Not submission. Never submission. “Bloodfang sends its regards.”

Recognition flickered in his eyes. His smirk sharpened. “Zephyr.”

The girl—Elena—startled at the name, her eyes widening as if she’d heard whispers of me before. I did not look at her for long, but enough. Enough to feel the tremor of her spirit again.

“Though tension twisted beneath his words, Damien said, "You arrive unannounced," with ease. “My halls are not open to strays.”

I let the silence stretch a moment before replying, my voice low, steady. “I go where I please.”

His jaw tightened. A muscle ticked. Around us, the corridor seemed to shrink, walls pressing in on two storms about to collide.

Damien stepped closer, his smirk never faltering. “Then tread carefully, Zephyr. My halls bite.”

I met his gaze, unflinching. “So do mine.”

For a heartbeat, no one breathed. The girl’s pulse was so loud I almost heard it in the silence.

This was no casual encounter. This was a warning, a line drawn in stone. And he knew it as well as I did.

I turned at last, leaving him to stew in his pride, but not before casting one final glance at Elena.

Her eyes met mine, wide, searching.

And in that instant, I made a decision.

The storm between Damien and me was inevitable. " But the spark that would ignite it was her—she.

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