The forest had become a battlefield of blood and fury. Kylian’s black wolf tore through the last line of Chase’s guards, his jaws snapping with lethal precision. His fur was matted with blood — some his own, most from his enemies. His eyes burned with single-minded purpose: reach Rachel. Save her. End this. Chase waited for him in a small clearing ahead, already shifted into his own powerful gray wolf. The two brothers faced each other for the first time since Chase’s dramatic return. The air crackled with tension. The rest of the fighting had moved away, leaving the two Alphas alone in the moonlit clearing. They shifted back to human form at the same time. Kylian stood tall, breathing hard, his body covered in cuts and bruises. Chase looked calmer, colder, his eyes gleaming with ambit

