Mateo’s POVThe forest had gone quiet.I stepped out from behind the thick tree where I had been hiding, the bark scraping against my jacket as if to remind me of how long I had been pressed against it.My boots sank into the damp earth as I moved toward the cabin. The stench of blood clung to the air, heavy and metallic, and with every step I took, the silence felt sharper, crueler.Then I saw a body, moving closer, I realised it was just Asher’s friend.He lay sprawled in front of the cabin, his body limp, his chest unmoving. Blood stained the soil beneath him. His eyes, wide open, seemed to stare up at the ceiling, lifeless, glassy and empty.One of the werewolves I had brought with me, still masked, broad-shouldered, his claws still coated with red, stood beside the corpse. His breathing was rapid, his shoulders rising and falling like a beast that had tasted something it could not quite forget.“Asher escaped,” he growled, his voice low but seething with fury.I clenched my fist
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