Semua Bab REBIRTH OF THE STORMWOLF: Bab 41

The room fell into a stillness so thick I thought the air itself might shatter.The heavy oak door creaked open, and with it came a shadow that sent my heart plummeting to my stomach. A figure stepped through, cloaked in black, the faint gleam of steel strapped across his chest. But when the hood slipped back, I felt as though the ground beneath me caved in.Rick.My pulse skittered wildly, an impossible mixture of disbelief, dread, and confusion clawing through me. For a heartbeat, the world shrank to the space between us—the man I had once known, the man who had vanished into the darkness when everything fell apart, now here, stepping into Kristen’s territory like a ghost returning to haunt me.Kristen’s power flared instantly, his Alpha aura rippling through the chamber like a storm breaking free of its cage. “Who the hell dares enter my walls unbidden?” His voice was a whip-crack of authority, sharp enough to make even the guards shift uneasily.But Rick… Rick didn’t flinch.He mo