All Chapters of My Second Chance Mate Is An Alpha : Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

~The Crimson Shade Pack~They were called the Crimson Shade Pack. A small, secretive pack that most dismissed as little more than a myth. Every member wore a long, deep-red cloak, the hood pulled low to shadow their faces. They moved quietly like ghosts slipping between worlds.Their territory sprawled across Hollowpine Marsh, a bleak, fog-choked stretch of land where twisted cypress trees clawed at the sky and pools of black water glistened like oil.The air was damp and heavy with the scent of decaying wood and something metallic; an unmistakable signature of Crimson Shade.To outsiders, the smell was enough to make them gag; to the pack, it was a source of pride.Their lair was hidden in the marsh’s heart, a crumbling fortress of dark stone that looked half-swallowed by the bog. Wooden walkways and rope bridges connected leaning towers and sunken halls, swaying above waters that swallowed the careless whole.Inside, green torches burned fitfully along the walls, their sickly light

~Nathaniel~The council room was heavy with tension. Moonlight filtered through the tall windows, pooling pale and cold across the long table where my most trusted counselors sat. Their eyes flickered nervously with their brows pulled together as the discussion wound into another round of uneasy silence.“My Alpha,” Elder Marius finally spoke up. His voice was brittle with worry. “It’s not just one or two missing anymore. Reports came in overnight, four warriors and two of our scouts are gone just like that… and all their families are acting like they never existed.”His words hung in the air like smoke. I rubbed a hand across my jaw, and the muscles in my neck tightened. The council had gathered at my order because the disappearances were escalating beyond anything we’d seen before. But what disturbed me most wasn’t only the missing warriors but the families left behind. Every single one behaved as if the missing never lived or existed in their lives. They all usually have their eye