A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 57

Ulrik’s POV

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A roar like thunder rolled over the plains outside Frostbite Town, shaking eardrums.

Adelaide straightened her spine, meeting the firm gaze of every wolf in the formation.

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I and Velda stood apart, watching the Ironthorn Army stand to attention like a forest at sunset.

The wolf–head emblems on the warriors‘ shoulder armor gleamed coldly, a hundred times more brilliant than the tattered Bloodmoon Pack banner.

“These reinforcement wolves are ours. Why should they answer to Adelaide?” Velda fumed. “You shouldn’t have held me back earlier. Lance is clearly favoring her.”

I suppressed my irritation, cedar pheromones mingling with soothing undertones. “Even if they weren’t under her command, they wouldn’t follow us. The Ironthorn Army is Royal sodiers. Moreover, as supporting wolf generals, we should heed Alpha Lance’s orders.”

“Is that so? At the Bloodscar Battle, didn’t we lead our own troops?” Her wolf claws scraped the ground, leaving deep grooves.

“The situation was different. Before reinforcements arrived at the Bloodscar Battle, Alpha Zander had already held on for so long and was gravely injured. Remember our first battle at the Bloodscar? We were caught off guard. If it weren’t for…,” My thoughts drifted to Adelaide’s uncle, who had timely come to our rescue.

But he had paid the price of losing an arm.

At the thought, My heart tightened. I truly owed Adelaide a debt of gratitude.

and Velda,

She turned to me.

the battlefield, it’s either you save me or I save you. You don’t need to feel guilty, nor do you owe Adelaide anything. If you owe

wish to dwell

if pondered too much, might

already progressed to this point–I and Velda had formed

earned merits, I could restore the Bloodmoon

unfair, and I believe our subordinates feel the same,” Velda

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wrist, warning her, “What are you planning? Don’t speak out

see she’s climbed the ranks through bloodline. Your protection of her-

the battlefield.” My cedar pheromones intensified. “A major battle

the blood–red sunset. “Perhaps it’s time to reveal whether this so–called Alpha of

as I warned, “Velda, I’m warning you. If you speak out of

the Bloodscar Battle and the first female Gamma in our kingdom. I’ve made no grave errors. Who

to leave. I immediately

explained why Solanke suddenly

told you countless times. I spread news

repeated this

it until I and Velda formed a

day, she had mobilized over a hundred wolf warriors without

to tell me she’d sought and received approval for mobilizing over a hundred wolf warriors–a flat–out lie, delivered without a

the Bloodscar victory,

Western Tribes‘ thirty–thousand strong force, disguised as the Dragon Ash Kingdom’s