LUCIAN POINT OF VIEW

I was in my study when my beta entered without his usual knock.

That alone told me something was wrong.

He bowed quickly, his face tight. “My Alpha… there has been an attack.”

I lifted my gaze but didn’t rush him. “On whom?”

“Shadowfang,” he said. “Alpha Thorne was ambushed in the woods. All his men were killed and he was badly injured.”

That caught my attention, but not in the way my beta expected.

“Thorne?” I asked calmly.

“He ...