The coppery tang of blood and the acrid bite of fear still clung to the air, a phantom scent that no amount of cleansing could fully erase. Adriana knelt in the trampled earth of the pack grounds, the swaddled weight of George a familiar, anchoring presence against her chest.   Joey, her face etched with a weariness that went beyond physical exertion, watched her with a steady, watchful gaze, the other twin, Georgia, held close against her own shoulder.   The pack was already moving, a wounded animal tending to its own, the sounds of retrieval and quiet grief replacing the earlier cacophony of battle.   Devon’s presence, a thrumming energy that always felt like a warmth just beneath her skin, was a distant echo in the pack link.   His rage, a raw, primal force, vibrated through their bond, a current of molten fury that was both terrifying and, she admitted privately, strangely reassuring.  He had tasted defeat, even briefly, and the memory of the rogue leader’s smile, the calcula
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Last Updated : 2025-10-09