I opened the door—
—and the world stopped.
Sunlight hit me like a blade, too bright after the dim cabin. For a heartbeat, I couldn’t see. Couldn’t breathe.
Then everything came into focus.
Wolves.
Everywhere.
Lined across the yard. Packed into the treeline. Silent. Waiting.
At the center—
Alpha Korr.
Black suit. Cold eyes. Ownership already written across his face.
And every single one of them…
Was looking at me.
Waiting.
For me.
Heat slammed through my body.
Violent. Blinding.
My knees buckled—but I didn’t fall.
Something inside me snapped.
No wolf.
That’s what they told me.
Wolfless. Defective. Useless.
Good for one thing.
Breeding.
My stomach twisted.
That’s why my father sold me.
But something inside me howled.
She was not weak.
I am not broken.
We are furio
