CALEB’S POV I drove through the last stretch of forest road with one hand loose on the wheel and the other resting on the gearshift. Vanessa sat beside me, legs crossed, cigarette dangling between her fingers while smoke curled toward the cracked window. The trees thinned ahead revealing the familiar iron gates of Blood Moon Pack territory taller than I remembered and crowned with silver spikes that caught the late-afternoon sun like teeth.The guards at the gate straightened when they recognized the black SUV. One lifted a hand hesitant, the other already reaching for the radio clipped to his vest. I didn’t slow down. I rolled the window down, leaned out and let them see my face.“Open the gates,” I called a voice carrying calm and flat. “Tell Alpha Marcus his son is home.”They exchanged glances then the first guard hit the mechanism. Iron groaned and swung inward. I eased through without waiting for them to finish saluting.Vanessa flicked ash out the window and smirked. “They loo
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