A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 38

Ulrik’s POV

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I was about to leave with Velda when a light cough from Lycan Erasmus sounded behind us.

We turned, and Erasmus’s gaze locked onto Velda’s forehead.

“You’ve pledged to reach the southern border before the Western Tribes. I trust it’s not an empty promise. Should you turn the tide,” his claw traced the wolf–tooth carving on his throne, “I’ll reward you handsomely.”

Velda knelt on one knee, her ice–spiked pauldrons glinting. “I swear by the Bloodmoon Pack’s

totem.”

As Velda and I left, Erasmus was still deep in discussion about supplies.

This battle was decisive. None would accept failure now.

My boots clicked urgently on the marble floor.

Outside the palace, a snowstorm lashed at us with icy pellets. I frowned and said, “This mission’s impossible!”

I dragged Velda into the shadow of a wolf statue. Cedar and mint pheromones clashed. “They’ve been gone for over ten days. We haven’t even set off. How can we possibly outrun them?”

can, then we will,” Velda interrupted, brushing my

with ambition. “There’s nothing that can’t be done with

took two months to lead the capital guard to the Bloodscar Border. Now, with only twenty days, how

head back to the pack and prepare. We leave

dislikes me too. But I’ll prove Adelaide’s tricks are useless. Only by earning merits on the battlefield can the Bloodmoon Pack regain its

name,

claws piercing my gloves. “When we dissolved

Are you still entangled with her? I think she’s playing hard to get, which is why you went to the

Frostfang to consult Shaman Digby.

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isn’t she? Who knows what schemes you two are brewing?”

face, feeling annoyed. “We’re heading into battle. Let’s not argue over someone we’ve

voice carried a wolf’s

tail brushed my spine, growling discontentedly. “Why does she frustrate me

to soothe

realized the tension

tone, she said, “You’re the one who won’t let me mention

you in my heart,” I said, taking her hand, though my gaze wandered

your mate is the Bloodmoon Pack’s greatest fortune. Adelaide can only help with your mother’s care–Tamara can

indeed

strange that the Western Tribes would ally with the Dragon Ash to attack our southern border. They’ve sworn blood oaths, with wolf–head bone seals

at her waist, its totem gleaming coldly. “The pact only binds the Bloodscar Border. The southern border remains unconquered, with Frostbite and Darkclaw Towns still in Dragon Ash control. The Western Tribes‘ assistance doesn’t technically

grip on the wolf–head military token, my

Tribes seldom interact.