Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow
I linked the warriors as we stood in the forest, breath steaming in the cool air, “or be used as pawns in the game Edmond and Tamara have played for years?”
There was hesitation—brief but real.
A final tug of old loyalties, of fear.
Then one of them—broad-shouldered, sharp-eyed—threw back his head and howled.
“We serve the true Westwood heir!” he linked back.
That was all I needed.
We charged.
I led them—my warriors now—back toward the palace.
Smoke curled through the air, bodies littered the ground, but the tide was turning. And deep inside me, I felt it: the power I had feared, avoided, doubted… click into place.
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