Rhea’s POV “It means,” Eryx said evenly, “that the transformation is not gentle. It will demand her entire system. Her organs, her wolf, her bloodline. If her physical strength does not match the spiritual escalation, it will rupture her from within.” Alpha Malric moved so fast I barely registered it. His hand closed around Eryx’s throat, forcing him back against the iron restraint. The chains rattled violently. “You will choose your words carefully,” Alpha Malric said, his voice low and lethal. Eryx did not retract the statement. “The choice is hers. I will not lie to secure her cooperation.” My body felt split down the center. Terror coiled in my stomach, thick and suffocating. At the same time, something inside me burned brighter. Freye’s face appeared in my mind again, not fragile this time, but laughing and alive. I inhaled slowly, trying to steady the shaking in my hands. My palms were damp. My heart would not slow. “If I do this,” I asked, forcing the words through trem
Baca selengkapnya