章 29: Unlikely Allies Unite

The darkness was coming, both literally and figuratively. And when it fell, those wed to its malignant caress would be the last beacons searing through the gloom before the final, infinite night descended.

Madison stood in the castle courtyard, her heart pounding with a mixture of dread and determination as she surveyed the gathered Alphas. Their growls and snarls hung thick in the air, a cacophony of bared fangs and rippling fur that should have terrified her. But after all she had witnessed, all the horrors that lurked in the shadows, these ferocious warriors were the allies she clutched to like a lifeline.

Wald stepped up beside her, his piercing gaze sweeping over his assembled forces with the critical eye of a battle-hardened commander. Despite his imposing size and brutish features, there was an innate nobility about him, a sense of destiny and purpose radiating from his very core.