Alpha Orion
A chain rattled softly.
Her gaze snapped down.
A metal cuff circled her ankle, tethered to a short length of chain bolted into the floor.
"No..." She whispered, her breath trembling as she yanked at it, the iron biting into her skin, but it didn't budge.
She pressed her palms to her temples, forcing herself to think. The Outlands. Erik said the Outlands was safe. A sanctuary beyond the North where no Lycan could cross, no Alpha's rule could reach. A place for the forgotten and for the free.