Scarlet’s POV“Get up, Queen. You can do this,” Joel urged, while I felt the gaze of nearly half the kingdom watching me from the sidelines of the training ground.“Your enemies will be far more ruthless on the battlefield. They certainly won’t wait for you. C’mon!” Joel snapped, firing an arrow my way. I instinctively spun, rolling off the ground just before it could strike me.In that same motion, I lunged and grabbed him by the leg, but in the heat of the moment, he delivered a sharp blow below my abdomen, causing me to growl in pain.Deep within, my wolf, Scar, let out a fierce snarl, and my usual sense of restraint vanished. I rose with a predatory intensity, my eyes glowing so vividly that I immediately surged toward Joel.“Are you okay?” he asked, but I was beyond listening. Compared to my current state, his powers felt like those of a mere mortal. My hearing was dialed into a hyper-sensitive frequency, and every thought in my mind was consumed by the urge to strike him down un
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