Alpha Zion had left so abruptly that it seemed like he disappeared into thin air. The fury in his eyes when he found out Alpha Orion was here was unlike anything I’d ever seen, a storm barely contained. It was as if the very ground trembled beneath his anger.

I barely managed to catch a glimpse of his retreating form before I gathered my wits and ran after him, my heart pounded not just from the exertion but from the palpable tension that seemed to thicken the air.

My breath ...