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008: Tooth for Tooth

Author: Oma
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-16 20:21:44

Darius's POV

"We should have torn their throats out while we had the chance."

Ronan's voice carried the barely controlled rage that had been simmering in him since our retreat from the warehouse. He paced the length of the Black Howl's war room like a caged animal, his massive frame radiating the kind of violence that made even our own pack members step carefully around him.

I didn't look up from the map spread across the table, though every instinct screamed at me to put my enforcer in his place. The red pins marking Steel Vultures territory seemed to mock me, such a small area to hold so much of what I wanted.

"Sit down, Ronan," I said quietly.

"Alpha, we had them. Thirty of our best against a handful of humans, and we let them slip through our fingers because…"

"Because I said sit down." The alpha command rolled out of me like thunder, and Ronan's legs buckled before he caught himself against a chair. His eyes flashed with resentment, but he obeyed.

The silence that followed was t
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