Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Retribution Begins at the Edge

He was so close...so damn close.

But before he could reach them, before he could even stretch out his hand to catch a glimpse of her, he had already transferred in the air to catch her.

But a wall of bodies crashed into him.

He slammed against the ground, his body skidding across the dirt and stopping just inches from the cliff’s edge. Snarling, he tried to rise, to leap after her—but hands gripped him, rough and unrelenting.

Pack warriors.

They pinned him down, holding his limbs, his shoulders, his throat—anything to keep him from throwing himself over the ledge.

"LET ME GO!" he roared, thrashing with every ounce of strength in him. "She’s falling—SHE’S—!"

But they didn’t loosen their grip.

Because they knew.

Anyone who jumped wouldn’t survive.

The others were caught too. Lucian roared like a beast betrayed by the world itself, thrashing against the hands that held him. His claws slashed through flesh, but still they didn’t let him go.

"LET ME GO!" he howled. "SHE’S DOWN THERE—SHE’S—LET ME F*CKING GO!"

But they wouldn’t.

Kael and Luca fought just as fiercely, their voices breaking as they screamed her name, watching the edge like it would answer them. But nothing came.


Just endless silence.

dared to go. A pit where even light refused to reach. At the bottom—rushing water. A river cursed by the

one had

"She’s gone," someone whispered.

none of the brothers

They couldn’t.

in that moment, it felt

shattered

gone. They had failed to protect her,

knees, blood pouring from his mouth as he coughed and screamed into the dirt. Kael

until they bled. And Aeron... Aeron just stared at the cliff,

if he wished hard

could bring her back. But the only thing that


still

lay in eerie stillness—littered with the mangled corpses of rogue werewolves, their

It was over.

cutting through the chaos with brutal precision. Every rogue that remained had been slain, and the few who still clung to breath were dragged to the center—forced to shift under the

heads bowed in defeat,

expression was calm and collected.

jumped has ever come back. That river—it’s cursed.

Aeron didn’t respond.

the abyss like it might still give her back.

Until he finally spoke.

voice low and final. "Take Lucian back to the packhouse. Treat his wounds. Get Kael and Luca out of

respect,

I’m not leaving her to die alone in


his mouth as he thrashed again. "Let me go! I’ll go! I’ll find her! She’s my mate

fury and grief. "You’re bleeding out. You can barely stand. If you go down there now, you won’t

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