Chapter 3Matthew’s POVThe pain is absolute, tearing through my veins like liquid fire. As my physical body convulses on the bed, my fading consciousness sinks into a deep, dark abyss. The suffocating gray walls of the present dissolve, and suddenly, the freezing rain of the city turns into the humid, heavy air of a forest from six years ago.I am pulled back. Back to the nightmare. Back to the truth.“You are finished, Your Majesty,” a voice sneers in the dark.I remember the clash of claws, the snarling of wolves, and the bitter taste of betrayal. It was a rogue ambush, well-coordinated and vicious. But it was not the rogues who brought me down. It was him. My former beta. My right-hand man. The one wolf I trusted above all others to guard my back.“Why?” I growl, my claws dripping with rogue blood as I stand among the bodies in the clearing. My breathing is shallow.“Because a king who softens has no place ruling us. We do not want mercy! You punished the wolf who killed that old
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