Fadel’s POV

It was a bloodbath long before the coward finally crawled out to face me. You can always tell when a wolf isn’t worthy of leading. A true alpha stands at the front. A pretender hides behind the bodies of his own men, waiting until there is no one left to die for him.

I would die for my mate. I would die for my pack.

He? He let his soldiers bleed out in his place.

By the time I dragged the rat out of his hole, I had no patience left, no mercy left, nothing but the cold, ruthless ...