With hesitant fingers, he reached out, his hand trembling with apprehension as it hovered just inches from the mysterious mark.
Yet, before he could make contact, the air crackled with tension as Clyde's expression contorted in agony.
A strangled gasp escaped the Alpha's lips as he recoiled violently, his body convulsing as if gripped by an invisible vice, as if the very air around him had turned into a malevolent force intent on strangling the life from his very soul.
Yves's heart pounded in his chest, his mind reeling with shock and disbelief.
In that moment, the lines between reality and nightmare blurred, and he found himself standing on the precipice of a dark abyss.
"Clyde! Clyde! What's wrong with you?!" Yves's voice rang out with urgency, his heart pounding in his chest as tension thickened the air around them.
With a surge of adrenaline, he pushed aside the unknown fear gnawing at his heart and rushed to the Alpha's side.