The Alpha's Forbidden Flame
But the fire had its own will now, feeding on the energy of the oath, on the truth that had been spoken, on decades of suppressed power finally breaking free.
I can't hold it. Scarlett's voice was distant, strained. The oath cracked something open. The binding between us is destabilizing.
"Run!" I heard myself scream. "Everyone get back!"
The pack scattered. Wolves shifted mid-stride, their animal forms faster than their human ones, desperate to escape the flames that spread across the ceremonial grounds like living things. Maya grabbed Thea and dragged her toward the treeline. The elders retreated in a stumbling mass of robes and terror.
Only the dark-haired man stayed, his hands still reac