Chapter 71

The Red SkyPOV: General Vesh (Elara Vance)The blood-red luminescence on the northern horizon did not behave like light. It pulsed. It breathed. It bled across the night sky like an infected wound in the fabric of the universe, casting a sickly, crimson glow over the white marble ruins of the Capital.Kaelen remained perfectly still beside me on the balcony, but I felt the violent, apocalyptic spike of terror through the open mate bond."The North," Kaelen breathed, his voice barely a rasp. "Marcus... the civilians. They are at the Keep."He didn't run. The arrogant Alpha who would have blindly charged into the snow five years ago was dead. Instead, Kaelen turned his massive, scarred body toward me. He didn't issue an order. He looked at me, his golden eyes filled with an agonizing, desperate plea. He was waiting for his Warlord to command him.I didn't hesitate."Alaric!" I roared, turning my back to the horizon.My second-in-command vaulted up the marble stairs of the balco

Chapter 72

The Phantom Dance POV: Alpha Kaelen BlackwoodThe Capital’s military airships cut through the freezing night sky, propelled by massive arcane engines that hummed with a deep, bone-rattling vibration.I stood in the command cabin of the lead dreadnought, staring out the reinforced glass at the blood-red horizon. Below us, the jagged, snow-capped peaks of the mountain ranges blurred past. We were moving at unprecedented speeds, but every second felt like a lifetime.My pack. My home. The pups I had sworn to protect. They were directly in the path of a god.I gripped the steel railing until the metal groaned and bent under my fingers.You are not alone this time, my wolf, Rage, murmured in my mind, an uncharacteristic calmness settling over his usually volatile nature.I turned my head. At the back of the dimly lit cabin, Elara lay curled on a narrow leather cot. She had collapsed the moment we boarded the airship, her human body completely shutting down from the catastrophic exp

Chapter 73

The Dark WarningPOV: Alpha Kaelen BlackwoodI followed Marcus out of the cabin and onto the command deck.The airship had broken through the heavy clouds. Below us, the Northern Keep sat nestled in the mountains. But the world did not look like my home anymore. The sky was a glowing, angry red. The snow below looked like miles of spilled blood."Bring us down," I ordered the pilot. "Right in the main courtyard."The ship dropped fast. The landing gear hit the stone with a loud crunch. I jumped out before the ramp even touched the ground, my sword in hand. Elara landed right beside me. She wore her dark armor, her face a mask of cold stone. But through our bond, I could feel her heart beating fast.The courtyard was a mess of fear. Wolves ran in every direction. Mothers pulled their crying pups toward the safe bunkers underground.Marcus ran up to us, his face pale. "Kaelen, the scouts are gone. There is a dead zone moving toward us. Nothing lives inside it."Elara stepped up

Chapter 74

The Only Cure POV: General Vesh (Elara Vance)The world returned in fragments of muffled sound and agonizing weight.My eyelids felt like they had been stitched shut with iron wire. I forced them open, my vision swimming in a hazy, dim light. I was staring up at a massive canopy of dark, carved mahogany. Beneath me was a mattress so deep and soft it felt like I was sinking into a cloud, covered in layers of heavy, impossibly warm wolf furs.I inhaled, and my lungs instantly burned. But beneath the pain, I caught the deep, unmistakable scent of cedar, woodsmoke, and fresh snowKaelen’s room. I was in the Alpha’s suite.I was entirely alone. The heavy stone walls of the chamber were silent, illuminated only by the dying embers in the massive hearth across the room.I tried to sit up.My body refused to obey. It wasn't just weakness; it was a total, terrifying paralysis. My muscles felt like they had been turned to lead. I gritted my teeth, straining every ounce of willpower I p

Chapter 75

The Edge of SanityPOV: Alpha Kaelen Blackwood"I think I know what to do," Elara whispered, her cold thumbs gently stroking my jawline.Her breath ghosted across my lips, frantic and shallow. The black, necrotic veins of the True King’s curse pulsed visibly beneath the thin linen of her gown, but her violet eyes were completely clear, burning with a desperate, terrifying resolve."Tell me," I breathed, my heart hammering violently against my ribs. I kept my weight supported on my forearms, terrified of crushing her beneath me. "Tell me how to save you.""Astra said the curse is severing my soul from my body," Elara rasped, her hands sliding from my jaw to grip the collar of my shirt. "The only magic older than the King's necrosis... is the ultimate tether of flesh and soul. The ancient law of the Goddess."I froze. Every muscle in my massive frame locked completely solid."The claiming bite," Elara said, the words slipping into the quiet room like a spark in a powder keg. "You

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