ORIONThe smell hit me first, before anything else could register.Thin, acrid smoke curled up from the southern training grounds. Beneath it, was the metallic tang of old blood, soaked deep into the earth, dark and unforgiving.I didn’t wait for the car to stop before I was out, feet hitting the ground hard.“Alpha–” Jaxon’s voice was low, his face unreadable, carved from stone. “We tried to reach you. Phones went dead across the territory about an hour ago. Whoever did this knew exactly when to strike, and how to cut us off while they did it.”“Show me,” I said, voice steady despite the storm inside.He didn’t hesitate. We ran across the grounds, passing clusters of pack members, some with tears streaking down their faces, others just staring blankly, their hands trembling, unsure what to hold onto anymore.The training field stretched out before us, and I stopped cold. Five bodies lay there, arranged in a wide circle, evenly spaced like the points of a star. Face up, eyes open, fro
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