The Alpha’s Dirty Little Secret
The Fenrir’s proximity and the Siphon’s surge had stripped the genetic lock entirely.
"It’s okay," Elodie cried, pressing her forehead to his, her tears mixing with the blood on his face. "You’re alive. Vic, you’re alive."
Victor stared at his hands. They were trembling. Truly, humanly trembling.
"I'm nothing," he rasped, the weight of his own mortality finally settling into his bones.
Outside, the pack began to howl—a confused, disjointed sound that lacked a leader.