Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 445 Claws and Consequences

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The moment the five mechanical werewolves launched their attack, ice spiked from Nathan's palm, forming a shield in an instant..

The lead werewolf's claws screeched across the surface, the sound piercing, metallic. Nathan caught the scent of leaking oil from its joints-no trace of sorcery. These were pure mechanical creations, forged by the Nightshade Pack.

"Just scrap metal," Nathan sneered.

With a surge of force, his ice shield expanded outward, smashing two of the wolves into the roadside rock face.

Grant leapt in at the same time, his claws tearing into the third, slicing through its shoulder plating. Gears shattered with a metallic pop, revealing a glowing core pulsing in its chest-Nightshade's signature energy

stone.

The fourth mechanical wolf suddenly took flight. Its titanium-alloy tail drove down like a drill.

Nathan dodged to the side, but landed in a puddle-each assault was calculated to drive him back toward the roadside edge.

Then the fifth came at him from behind, its razor claws slicing through the air, ruffling his hair.

"You're looking to die."

Nathan's wolf power exploded. A wall of ice a hundred meters wide rose from the earth.

into it with full force. Their bodies shattered into flying debris, but one jagged claw, riding the

It grazed his forearm.

glanced down. A thin line of blood

Unusual.

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his accelerated werewolf healing couldn't

frowned. Upon closer inspection, the blade had tiny barbed hooks-pulling his blood out by

They're extracting your blood!" Grant yelled, hurling an icicle that shattered the last werewolf's

every piece of mechanical wreckage

eyes widened. He grabbed/Grant and leapt toward

five mechanical

through the rain and sliced open

quickly examining the wound. The gash from earlier still hadn't healed. "Those claws were laced with wolfsbane extract.

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panicked, Nathan simply let out a

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edge of his coat. "And what a petty man. We sent five stitched-together puppets. He sends five mechanical werewolves.

guard wolves howled in response to the

a loud howl, ordering them

wasn't an assassination attempt. No one followed up the attack. The mechanical wolves were a message, not a

Just retribution.