Chapter 138: Kade’s POV I’ve stood in front of armies before.

I’ve watched men march toward their deaths with fire in their eyes and blood already on their hands. I’ve listened to war drums shake the ground beneath my boots and felt fear coil tight in my gut like a living thing.

But this?

This was different.

The Coldridge pack filled the courtyard in numbers I hadn’t seen gathered in one place in years. They spilled past the gates, up the steps, clustered along the outer walls, ...