*Starblood Borderlands – Dusk*

 The air smelled of smoke before anyone saw the flames. Aiden rumbled restlessly inside Ryder’s chest as the wind shifted, carrying the acrid sting of burning pine. Somewhere beyond the ridges, Silver Fang was moving again—bolder now, testing the cracks Alpha Thorne had warned them about.

 Ryder’s golden eyes swept the gathered warriors… Greenwood’s veterans, Shadow Pack’s grim-faced soldiers under Darius, Starblood’s own—every wolf ready but ...