Kapitel 494: First Shift

Caden watched the crimson-eyed woman writhing violently against the metallic hold of the steel chains. The chains groaned against her terrifyingly powerful efforts, going so taut that it seemed like she would break them. Just when it looked like they would snap, however, the woman would run out of steam and try again.

For now, they held.

'My attack on the world has already begun,' the statement bounced through Caden's mind. It meant so much that the beta alpha was having trouble grasping the true meaning of these words.

His mind didn't want to come to terms with what it could mean but for some reason, he felt compelled to jump to the worst possible conclusions. 'It can't be, can it?'

His hand instinctively flew to his pocket when his mind link failed and latched onto his phone.

At the same time, he remembered how it had been impossible for him to reach Cole from the palace. It wouldn't work here either.