Third–Person POV


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    +8 Pearls


    Ulrich’s voice received no reply. If he couldn’t break through, then the only option left was to push deeper into the cave.


    “Focus fire! We’re going in!”


    Secure a path first–escape couldeter.


    Alpha Mateo watched as Ulrich charged straight toward the areas with the densest viral saturation. He didn’t stop him.


    If Ulrich wanted to go in, let him. The exit had already been sealed–getting in was easy. Getting out? Not so much.


    “Well done, Alpha Mateo.”


    Aubrey strolled over with a faint smile, a pistol still in her hand. From the look of her, she’d joined the firefight earlier.


    Damn it—was she insane? What the hell was an omega doing jumping intobat?


    Alpha Mateo frowned and was about to say something, but the look in her eyes stopped him cold. She wore ck, her ponytail taut and high, every line of her posture sharp and lethal. Her delicate features made her look like a statue carved by a master’s hand–but her eyes… her eyes glowed like a reaper’s, cool and deadly, a murderous aura clinging to her like a second skin.


    That pressure she exuded–it wasn’t just powerful, it was overwhelming. In that moment, Mateo thought she might even rival Henry himself.


    No. For a split second… she felt stronger.


    But that was impossible.


    Shaking his head, Mateo forced his gaze back onto her. No matter what, he was certain— Aubrey was just an omega.


    She had blood on her face. Mateo instinctively reached out to wipe it away, but the aura surrounding her was so dangerous, so wild, that he froze.


    In the dim lighting, with blood trailing down her cheek, she looked like a blood–soaked fae creature–a deadly, radiant sprite. Even her smile carried a sharp edge, like she could kill without lifting a finger.


    Chapter 208 The Blood–Red Smile


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    +8 Pearls


    “What is it?” Aubrey caught him staring and casually wiped her cheek. But instead of cleaning it, her fingers smeared the blood, making her features even more arresting. That streak of red across her wless skin turned her beauty into something weaponized–something that could kill on sight.


    Mateo’s breath caught. He reached for his cigarette pack on reflex–only to realize he hadn’t brought it.


    Aubrey nced at her stained hand and let out a lightugh. “Oh? Guess I got some blood on


    me.”


    Her crimson lips curled upward, a sh of perfect white teeth behind them.


    Mateo quickly looked away. “I’m going to check if Ulrich’s dead yet.”


    With that, he turned and walked deeper into the cave–his pace just a little too quick to be


    casual.


    Aubrey tilted her head slightly as she watched him go. She didn’t follow. Instead, she pulled out hermunicator and messaged Perry.


    “Contact Cam. Have him immediately dispatch additional wolf soldiers. I need an escort to bring some supplies back to Shadowmoon Pack.”


    Perry responded quickly with an “OK.”


    But when he got in touch with Cam, he was surprised to hear that fifty beta–ss warriors had already been stationed near me Pack days ago. They hadn’t been deployed yet because no one had been able to reach Aubrey’s team.


    Perry wasted no time. He sent over their coordinates and briefed them on the ambush.


    Cam had nned to keep the operation quiet–but unfortunately, alpha Henry overheard.


    Without missing a beat, Henry issued amand. “Lock in the coordinates. I’m going too. Hurry”


    “Alpha…” Cam tried to protest, but one look into Henry’s deep violet eyes and he knew it was pointless.


    Henry had already decided,


    All Cam could do was lower his head and say, “Yes, Alpha.”