Shadowed Paws, Shattered Lights

se. Selene's pulse raced as she examined the dark woodland surrounding her, the fiery eyes of the wolves in the darkness gleaming

o tell him. His instincts were sharp, his eyes already calculating the threat with ruth

ng presence of Dr. Myles looming over her, something ancient stirred in her chest. The sense of being

adful. The wolves surrounding them transformed, their growls becoming deeper and their eyes brighter as they assumed shape. These weren't ord

ees, low and mocking, sending

our mother. Still playing the h

. The man who had transformed her world into

block out the memory of the twisted experiments he had carried out, the nights spent in the cages, and the anguish of being ripped open, transfo

f a man she had never anticipated seeing again. Dr. Myles was no l

b coat was torn, his face gaunt, but his ey

out in mock surrender. "I must say, I am amazed. I didn't think you had it. But here y

se, but the fury laced within it wa

ear, I gave you power. I gave you purpose. You were nothing before me. But now, l

rced upon her, the twisted experiments, the bloodline that had been manipulated-all of it had been his doing. She had never been meant to be t

he felt an urge from something darker, deeper, churning beneath the forest's surface. She could sense the land's

ver leaving Dr. Myles. His hand moved toward his

ly audible. "We can't move yet.Not

think you have control? How amusing. But you're just a littl

she was free of him, that she had cut connections with her past. However, Dr. Myles had

alice. "It's the key to everything. To control, to power, to domination.

more to her than just being the rejected mate of Orion, but this? She had not expected this revelation. She had always thought her heritag

done?" She snarled, her voice low and threate

"You have no choice, Selene. You always did. The moment yo

ound them growled, their eyes flashing with a strange light. A rumbling roar

coming. The air was heavy with the fragrance of blood, an

tered urgently. "S

ness, with eyes flashing an eerie crimson and fur vibrating with supernatural energy, walked into the clearing. Selene had neve

ce filled with twisted pride. "The Alpha of my new b

predatory grace. Its eyes locked onto hers, and fo

ine... it

Selene realized, with a jolt of ho

after