เข้าสู่ระบบChapter One Hundred And Forty Nine: (When The Wolves Came)Damon sat behind the wheels, eyes locked on the road ahead as he tore through the streets of New York.It hadn't been thirty minutes since he'd ordered the driver to pull over and let him take control - not because he wanted to play the hero, but because he refused to carry any more blood on his handsAfter all the lives lost in Magnus's recent attack, he wouldn't allow another innocent soul to die because of him. As much as it pained him to admit it, Marcus had been right.This was his war.It had begun the moment his father's beta went rogue, and if it was going to end, it would end with him.Alone.He pressed harder on the accelerator, his thoughts dissolving into a blur as city lights streaked past him..By the time he arrived, midnight had already fallen. Blake's coordinates led him to an abandoned estate, devoid of any sign of human life - the perfect camouflage for Magnus's hideout.Clever, Damon thought.He parked the
Chapter One Hundred And Forty Eight: (When the Monster smiles)Amber woke to complete blackness.For a moment, she thought she hadn't opened her eyes at all. She blinked once... Twice. Nothing changed.She tried to sit up, her movement scraping her cheek against something cold and rough. She looked around, dread settling deep in her chest as she realized she wasn't lying on a bed, and this definitely wasn't her room. Where the hell was she?She opened her eyes wider, her heart pounding, trying to get a feel of where she was. She was still dressed, but barefoot, and could feel a cold, stone wall beneath her back. She was lying flat on the ground.Her breathing quickened as she turned her head, trying to make something out, but the blackness was absolute. The air was cold and damp, carrying the faint smell of rust and old earth. She shivered, realizing how thirsty she was. Her lips felt cracked, her throat painfully dry.How long had she been out for?Hours?Days?She swallowed, wincing
Chapter One Hundred And Forty Seven: (When Graves Are Still Warm)NINETEEN HOURS LATERThe moon loomed high above the pack house, it's silver glow casting an ethereal sheen upon the freshly dug graves behind the building.Blake stood at the edge of the gathering, his boots caked in mud, his clothes still clinging to him from the rain that had battered the grounds for hours before finally retreating. The air was sharp with the scent of wet soil and death.Behind him stood the remainder of the pack, all gathered to lay the dead to rest, to offer their final goodbyes before the earth swallowed them whole, just as Damon had instructedThe elder wolves stepped forward, their black robes dragging through the mud like shadows come to life. Their voices rose in the old language, low and haunting, offering prayers of gjan to soothe the fallen and guide their restless souls beyond the veil.The air grew heavy with their words, thick with sorrow. The moon pulsed once, as though it could sense th
Chapter One Hundred And Forty Six; (If He Walks Away)It wasn't long after Damon stormed out of the grand hall that the black oak doors of the pack house swung open and he stepped outside, the cold, crisp air slamming into his faceThe car was still waiting outside.The driver stiffened the moment he saw him and hurried to open the door.Damon slid into the backseat without a word, leaning back against the leather."Drive," He ordered.The driver nodded quickly and started the engine, pulling away toward the airport.The long drive felt long and endless.Cars honking as they passed through the city.Damon stared outside the window, his thoughts drifting, as the city lights blurred past him in a streak of colors.This was a mistake.He never should have set foot in that man's pack in the first place. He should have known the bastard would turn him away, not with the grudge he still carried.How ironic, that the one time he swallowed his pride and asked for help, it ended in disaster.N
Chapter One Hundred And Forty Five; (A storm on the Horizon)The silence that followed was deafeningFor a long moment no one moved, all eyes fixed on the two Alphas standing mere inches apart, their dominance crashing together, raw power rippling through the hall until the air itself seemed to hum.A few seconds dragged by, and then... Marcus slowly released Damon. He staggered back, threw his head up, and let out a dark, bitter laugh.The sound echoed through the room, lasting far too long, until every gaze shifted to him.And then… the laughter died.The color drained from Marcus's face, his expression hardening into something cold, something lethal. The temperature in the room seemed to drop."You barge into my territory uninvited, disrupt an alliance that took weeks to secure. And then you stand there and demand I go to war at your side?" he growled, his alpha tone rolling off him in heavy waves.He took a step forward, eyes blazing."Tell me, Damon... what gives you the audacity
Chapter One Hundred And Forty Four: (When Alphas Collide) ONE HOUR AGODamon exhaled deeply as the plane finally touched down in Australia, the impact reverberating through his bones. Still, no matter how many times he thought about it, or how hard he tried to suppress it, he still couldn't quite believe it.He was here.In this part of the world.In that man's territory Marcus Westwood.Alpha of the Dark moon pack.The man he had once been fiercely jealous of.The one who had helped Amber during the years she'd been away from the pack—the man who had come dangerously close to becoming her future.The name alone stirred something ugly in his chest.He could still remember how much he had hated him after Amber returned to New York, and at the same time, how terrified he'd been of losing her to him.Until things had finally worked out between him and Amber, and Marcus had faded from their lives for good.Or so he had believed.Now here he was—back in Marcus's region—swallowing his pri







