THANE POV
Liam slammed the silver-covered bars shut.
The sound went through the dungeon like one of our mates’ thunders..
Metal against stone.
Silver humming faintly in the cold air.
The last prisoner flinched when the lock clicked into place, and I watched him do it without feeling much of anything.
They were less than a dozen.
Dirty. Bloody. Shaking.
Regretful, maybe.
Not enough.
Regret did not wipe blood off dead patrols. Regret did not undo crossing into another pack’s land behind a deranged Alpha. Regret did not erase the fact that they had watched Kyan kill innocent wolves and still kept moving. Still followed. Still came for a mated woman like she was a thing their Alpha had misplaced and wanted returned.
They deserved worse than prison.
They deserved death.
If it had b
