Fated To The Dark Alphas
The forbidden forest, once a place of fear, now felt like a sanctuary, a place where I could finally be truly alone, truly free from their suffocating claims.
My head swam. The world tilted. The pain in my chest flared, a final, blinding agony. My throat was raw, burning. I tried to swallow, but it felt like sandpaper. The last thing I saw was the deep, impenetrable black of the forest, then nothing.
~ ~ LYSANDER ~ ~
The scent was a disruption.
My fangs, already extended, twitched. The usual forest blend of pine and deer was polluted tonight. Fear, blood, and a raw, volatile magic. Not the wild magic of these woods, but something… cultivated. A wolf. Female. And something else. Something anc