Now The Alpha Wants Me.
The baby was quiet, a tiny spark of warmth that kept her heart beating through the exhaustion.
We're almost there, she whispered, her voice cracking. Just a little farther.
She looked up through the dripping canopy. Ahead of her, the trees began to thin, giving way to a jagged, rocky gorge that marked the absolute boundary of Blackridge territory.
Beyond that gorge lay the Neutral Borderlands, a lawless, rugged expanse that belonged to no single pack. It was a place populated by rogues, outcasts, and those who wished to disappear from the strict, suffocating laws of the High Council.