Chapter 75: The Calm Before Thunder
The figure walking through the destroyed doorway wasn't who any of them expected. Jake stumbled inside, his clothes torn and bloody. "Alpha," he gasped, falling to one knee. "The perimeter—they broke through our eastern line." Relief surged through everyone except Talia, whose newly awakened witch senses were screaming warnings. "Something's wrong," she whispered, silver fire dancing around her fingers.