Her Losing Control

Maddox's POV

She’s only this wild, this reckless, because she’s refusing to give in to her heat. It makes people act out in ways they usually wouldn’t, makes them volatile, desperate. It drives them to do insane things, like pinning a man to a wall and shattering half the bones in his body.

He’s recovering. Slowly. His wolf isn’t strong enough to bounce back as quickly as the rest of us might.

But it’s saved him, unfortunately.

I watch her pace the room, restless energy rolling off her like a storm with nowhere to land. Dagen’s across the room talking to a cluster of people, explaining that things are changing, that Kieran is no longer Alpha. The words are firm, resolute, and no one dares question him.

Not because they agree. Not because they understand. But because they know better. If someone so much as raises their voice in protest, Dagen will silence them before they take another breath. Still, I can feel the tension hanging in the air, heavy and electric. People are unsettled. Ma