Alle Kapitel von Rise of the Phoenix Wolf: Kapitel 71 – Kapitel 75

OCTAVIA. The world tunneled until everything around me blurred into insignificance. The trees. The warriors. The cold night air scraping against my skin. None of it mattered.All I could see was the girl pinned to the tree.Blood dripped slowly from the iron spikes embedded through her wrists, pattering softly onto dead leaves below in a rhythmic sound that immediately made my stomach turn. The metallic scent saturated the clearing so heavily it coated the back of my throat, thick and nauseating. The smell of fear clung to her skin too, sharp and sour, as if terror itself had soaked into her bones before she died.For one horrifying heartbeat, I thought it was June.The resemblance hit like a punch to the chest. Similar build. Similar hair. Young enough that the sight of her made something maternal and savage rise violently inside me. Panic exploded through my veins.I stumbled forward so fast my knees slammed hard into the damp earth beneath her. Mud soaked instantly into my jeans, c

OCTAVIA. For this to work, we had to hit them hard before they even realized we were there. So much could go wrong, but we only had one chance for this to work.We called in some reinforcements to help us.Violet and Enzo brought about a hundred warriors that were a mix of werewolves and Fae. They also supplied fifty warriors from Vittori Enterprises' personal security sector. They were elite warriors. Best of the best. The Council sent an additional hundred Sentinels. They felt personally responsible for Alpha Richard escaping in the first place, so they told us they would aid us in whatever way we needed it. Roughly two hundred warriors from our own pack joined in on the mission.Were our numbers overkill? Not at all. We did not know what we would walk into tonight, so it was better safe than sorry.Alpha Richard had escaped us once, but he would not accomplish that feat again.Storm paced hard beneath my skin as I stood beside Roman near the front of the assembled forces. This didn

ROMAN. Octavia insisted on accompanying June to the hospital. Honestly, I hadn't even considered arguing. The decision had already been made the moment that June’s small voice asked if she’d stay with her.The poor girl had been through hell. She needed comfort and safety. She needed her Luna.I watched from a few feet away as Octavia wrapped a blanket more securely around her before she was loaded onto a stretcher. Even running almost entirely on adrenaline, my mate somehow still managed to project warmth, a steadiness that could make anyone feel at peace.June clung to her hand the entire time as if she needed Octavia to feel safe. The sight simultaneously eased and shattered something inside me because June never should’ve felt unsafe in the first place.Octavia looked back at me before they walked through the portal that would take them directly to the pack hospital. For a moment, everything else faded away, leaving only her.Storm was still close to the surface. I could see it in