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.

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

one had returned from

"She’s gone," someone whispered.

none of the

They couldn’t.

in that moment, it felt like their

the moon had shattered and fallen

had failed to protect her,

coughed and screamed into the

ground again and again until they bled. And Aeron... Aeron just stared at the cliff, like if he looked hard enough, he

he wished

only thing that


scent of blood still clung

werewolves, their bodies twisted

It was over.

had arrived in full force, cutting through the chaos with brutal precision. Every rogue that remained had been slain, and

heads bowed

bodies, his face streaked with sweat and gore, but his expression was calm and collected. The kind of calm that was

"You can’t go down there. No one who’s jumped has ever come back. That river—it’s cursed. And worse, it’s not our land. It belongs to the eastern tribes... the ones who

Aeron didn’t respond.

rooted near the edge of the cliff, his jaw clenched, eyes locked on the abyss like it

Until he finally spoke.

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

immediately, stepping in front of him. "With all due respect, Alpha, we cannot allow you to risk

flashing. "And I’m not leaving her to


by three warriors, snarled from the dirt, blood dripping from his mouth as he thrashed again.

You can barely stand. If you go

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