Gideons pov The power Sera had urged me to share hummed beneath my skin, a dense, molten reservoir waiting for my direction. As I pushed through the heavy wooden doors of the main house, I paused on the wide stone steps overlooking the courtyard. I closed my eyes for a fraction of a second, tapping into the golden light running through my veins, and pushed a steady, warm current of my amplified Alpha strength outward through the pack link, targeting the strike squads already deployed across our borders. A collective, breathless murmur echoed back through the connection from miles away. Across the territory, my warriors straightened. Eric and Olivia’s squad leaders gasped through the mind-link as my energy surged into them, washing away physical exhaustion, sharpening their senses, and

