---- Her animal instinct, fiercely territorial, had awakened with the transformation.


    "Where the hell did this crazy bitche from?!" The female didnt waste time talking.


    she instantly triggered her shift to face off against the Omega blinded by heat.


    They shed in a brutal fight, fur flying, rolling in the mud Verak stood frozen at the side until he realized how serious things were.


    Nana mightve been brave for an Omega, and her wolf wanted to.


    prove herself, but the other womans ck she-wolf was descended from a Beta.


    Her paw mmed into Reinas snout, making her howl in pain with a deep wound. she tried to twist away, but long teeth sank into her back.


    she was lifted into the air and violently shaken, Her spine creaked dangerously.


    The Beta flung her against a fallen tree trunk, seething with rage, and pounced to finish her off.


    ---- "Stop it!" Veraks powerful body stepped in to protect Nana.


    "I said STOP!" He unleashed his oppressive Alpha aura, freezing the woman mid- attack.


    The she-wolf growled furiously, satisfied to leave Nana in shreds.


    "If you had a female, then why the hell did you fuck me?!" she roared through the universal bond, turning her back and storming off in outrage. Such great sex, ruined by a lunatic.


    Verak turned and found the she-wolf nearly unconscious, bleeding on the ground.


    Deep down, he felt a little guilty.


    This day was special for any werewolf; the first shift hurt like hell, and it was a moment when you could meet your other half.


    "shes not my mate," his Alpha wolf confirmed what they had always suspected.


    Even so, Verak picked up the small Omega in his arms and took her back to the safety of the camp to heal her.


    Nana was still the next Healer. When he arrived, everyone was asleep, just a fire burning in the ---- middle and thekes mist surrounding them.


    He nced toward the animal skins under a distant tree, where two bodies were curled up together.


    Even though he could only see Drakkars broad back, knowing he was holding Lyra in his arms made her night even worse.


    Drakkar had been acting strange, hiding something...


    how did he be such a deadly warrior? He''d figure it all out.


    He was already nning.


    Drakkar wasnting back from this trip.