My body was trembling with cold as I pushed my hands between my legs to keep them warm. The woman was silent beside me, her eyes fixed on the road ahead as the car rumbled through the thick forest trail that led away from the Alpha’s packhouse.

I didn’t know how long we had been driving. The woods outside looked endless, trees towering like ancient guards, their shadows shifting and merging with the fog that crept between them. Every bump of the road made me flinch, the chains still locked ...