Chapter 178

Kieran’s POV

The stench of blood hits me before I even reach the clearing. The closer we get, the stronger it grows until it’s almost suffocating. My wolf growls inside me. Something dark is here. Something vile.

“Alpha,” one of the scouts gasps as he runs up beside me. “It’s the sacred portal… it’s…gods….it’s corrupted. We tried to hold them off but—”

I don’t let him finish. I break into a run. Branches snap against my arms as I tear through the forest, ...