Asher’s POV

The woman’s wails lingered long after she left, echoing in my ears like a haunting melody I couldn’t shake. Her footsteps faded into the cold night, but the scene she left behind, a boy’s hollowed-out, lifeless body remained burned into my mind.

The Pack’s clinic had taken the boy’s corpse, promising to investigate, but I already knew they wouldn’t find answers. This wasn’t something mundane. It wasn’t sickness or an accident. The next morning, it was ...