All Chapters of Wolf shifter romance with murder mystery: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The training facility is an old warehouse outside Detroit, far from human eyes. Elena secured it years ago, one of dozens of safe houses she's maintained over the decades.Now it's filled with two hundred supernatural fighters from a dozen different groups, all trying to learn how to work together.It's not going well."I'm not taking orders from a bloodsucker!" A wolf from the Seattle pack shoves a vampire, who hisses in response."Enough!" Dante's alpha command cuts through the noise. "We don't have time for territorial bullshit. The Order is coordinated, disciplined, and they will kill every single one of us if we can't work as a unit.""He started it—" the wolf begins."I don't care who started it. I'm ending it." Dante's eyes flash gold. "Next person who causes a problem gets sent home. We need fighters who can follow orders, not children throwing tantrums."The warehouse falls silent.Sera watches from the observation deck. Beside her, Agent Morrison reviews tactical plans."He'

The Colorado facility sits in a valley twenty miles from the nearest town, disguised as a mining operation. To human eyes, it looks abandoned. To supernatural senses, it reeks of wolfsbane, silver, and death.The buses stop three miles out, hidden in a forested area. Everyone disembarks in silence, moving with purpose born from days of training.Dante gathers the team leaders. "Remember the plan. Team Alpha approaches from the north, Team Beta from the south. Gamma and Delta provide overwatch and block escape routes. Vampires go in first—you're fastest, least affected by their defenses. Wolves follow, witches provide magical support from range.""What about civilians?" Master Takahashi asks. "The intel suggested they have human staff.""Incapacitate, don't kill unless absolutely necessary. We're not the Order—we don't murder innocents." Dante's voice is firm. "But our priority is stopping their operations and capturing their leadership. Everything else is secondary."The team leaders

The Detroit warehouse has never looked so beautiful.Sera's bus arrives first, pulling in just as dawn fully breaks. She barely waits for it to stop before jumping out, searching the crowd for Dante.He's there. Alive, whole, running toward her.They collide in the middle of the parking lot, arms around each other, holding so tight it hurts. Sera doesn't care. He's here, he's alive, they both made it."You're okay," Dante breathes into her hair."So are you. Montana?""Captured four of the five High Council members. The fifth escaped, but we have the others in custody." He pulls back to look at her. "Nevada?""Freed all forty-three prisoners. Some are in bad shape, but they're alive." Sera touches his face, needing to confirm he's real. "We did it.""We did it," he agrees.Then he's kissing her, and she's kissing him back, and nothing else matters except this moment, this reunion, this proof they both survived.Around them, other fighters reunite. Elena finds Marcus, both looking wors

Sera wakes to the smell of silver and suffering.Her head pounds, her mouth tastes like copper, and every muscle aches. When she tries to move, she finds herself chained to a wall. Silver chains that burn against her skin, keeping her wolf suppressed.She's in a cell. Concrete walls, metal floor, a single bare bulb providing harsh light. No windows. No escape."You're awake. Good."Sera's head snaps up. Director Hale stands outside her cell, watching through reinforced bars."Where's Dante?" she demands, her voice hoarse."Safe. For now." Hale tilts his head. "You care about him. Good. That gives us leverage.""What do you want?""Cooperation. You're going to help me demonstrate why the Order is necessary.""I'll never—""You will. Or I'll start hurting people you love." Hale pulls out a tablet, showing her security camera footage. Dante is in another cell, unconscious. Marcus, Elena, the others—all captured, all restrained. "I have your entire rescue team. Your mate, your pack, your

Winter settles over Crimson Hollow, bringing the first real peace they've known in months.The Supernatural-Human Accord has been ratified by twelve countries. Legal protections are in place. Hate crimes have decreased—not eliminated, but reduced. Slowly, carefully, humans and supernaturals are learning to coexist.Sera stands in the newly completed community center, watching pack cubs play with human children from the neighboring town. It's a pilot program—supernatural integration starting at the youngest level."They don't see differences," Riley observes, joining Sera at the window. The young wolf has thrived in Crimson Hollow, becoming one of Sera's most trusted pack members. "The kids, I mean. They just see playmates.""That's because no one's taught them to be afraid yet." Sera smiles as a wolf cub shifts, making the human children laugh with delight. "This is what we're fighting for. This future.""Is it working? The integration?""Ask me in a decade. But for now?" Sera watches