Two Alphas. Two Betas. One Mate.
They looked scared.
“The duel between Alpha Kael and Alpha Darius,” the head Elder announced, “shall consist of three trials.”
Everyone went silent.
“In the first round,” the Elder continued, “you shall wield your family crescent blades, those used by your ancestors centuries ago.”
“The rules are simple,” the Elder continued steadily, “For the first round, anyone, any of the two Alphas, who bleeds first loses. Death might be inevitable.”
A collective gasp ran through the crowd.
Kael and Darius stared at each other intensely, neither willing to blink first.