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A crowd had gradually formed around them.

Tyler, Blake, Derek, and Josh stood nearby, faces etched with horror and genuine remorse. Leila

hovered at the edge, her eyes flickering with jealousy and bitter resentment.

Countless others watched with sorrowful gazes.

Lucas acknowledged none of them.

A single devastating fire had transformed the whole territory overnight.

Within forty-eight hours, every pack connected to the "prank" found themselves under brutal attack from the Thornwood pack. Their pack area has sharply declined, their reputations destroyed, their

futures obliterated.

Those Lucas's friends-now locked in the soundproofed basement of his pack's estate, subjected to his unrelenting rage.

Lucas had become something feral, something bloodlust, delivering blow after merciless blow to the men cowering on the concrete floor.

"WHY THE FUCK WERE THERE GAS CANS IN THAT CABIN?" he roared, his knuckles split and bleeding, voice barely recognizable. "ANSWER ME!"

"Why did your pussy-ass guards run without her?" Another devastating punch landed on Tyler's already disfigured face.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU GET HER OUT? WHY IS SHE DEAD WHILE YOU WORTHLESS PIECES OF SHIT ARE STILL BREATHING?"

Each question punctuated with violence, as if hurting them might somehow lessen his own guilt-as if avenging Aria could absolve him of being the one who ultimately led her to her death.

According to their original "hilarious prank," Aria was never supposed to be in actual danger.

As a precaution, they had stationed pack guards inside to protect her. If the fire got out of control, those guards were supposed to rescue her immediately.

But somehow, the abandoned cabin had been rigged with gasoline containers they hadn't put there.

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werewolves had prioritized

the unexpected intensity of the blaze, they had

on the ground were barely recognizable, their faces pulverized by Lucas's rage, barely able to

Alpha L-Lucas," Blake sobbed, blood pouring from his nose. "We fucked up...

to happen like this," Derek whimpered, curled into a protective ball.

anything," Tyler groaned, one eye swollen completely shut. "Anything you want, man.

dragging himself across the floor.

bloodied men knelt before him, pathetic in their terror, foreheads pressed to the concrete

reason, beyond humanity. When he finally spoke, his voice was terrifyingly flat-the calm of a predator who

to spare you because we were pack brothers? Did you spare my mate? Did any of you worthless

toward

They scrambled after him, leaving

to

terrified screams, the basement door slammed shut with terminal

rose quickly from the

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began, attempting her

words died when she saw the extent of the carnage covering him, her face freezing in

fear.

her completely, turning instead to

Luna's burial site been prepared?” His voice was raw from

echoed, staring at him in theatrical disbelief. "What the actual

about?"

forward, manicured nails digging into his arm, her eyes wide. "I'm your

very much alive!

at the she-wolf before him,

never noticed how self-absorbed and

word precise and final, "my fated mate and my Luna

all color from her

wolf who stole what was rightfully mine? Don't tell me you actually fell for

coming. Since Aria's death, Lucas

unleashed ruthless vengeance on everyone involved in harming her, while shutting himself away, refusing to let authorities take

future Luna, could barely

taken it seriously, assuming he was

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