Chapter 11: The Traitor's Due

The days that followed the battle were a strange, quiet interlude. The Pack House, though scarred, hummed with a new, purposeful energy. The victory had been hard-won, but it had solidified Kaden’s position as Alpha and, to my astonishment, had begun to shift the pack’s perception of me. I was no longer just the fragile human who caused their Alpha pain; I was the human who had fought to save him. Kaden’s recovery was slow. The wound, inflicted by a cursed blade meant to slow a wolf’s...