Chapter 147

VALENTINA The alarm bells rang through the packhouse like knives scraping bone. Boots thundered across the hallways. Wolves barked, howled, snarled. The faint rhythm of war drums and their heartbeats. My heart pounded with them, but not from fear. No. From the fury still burning in my chest. The rogues had come. For me. The warning still echoed in my head: “They said they could smell the power of the Gemini Moon.” And now… chaos reigned. I pushed to my feet, swaying slightly. My legs were still weak from the Hollow’s bite, from the storm of my wolves. But my body wasn’t broken. My spirit wasn’t broken. The guards outside my room shouted, “Borders breached! Rogues on the eastern front!” Another voice screamed, “Hold the line—don’t let them through!” Snarls, crashes, and screams shook the walls. My hand curled into a fist. “I need to fight.” But before I could move, my father’s voice lashed out, deeper than thunder: “VALENTINA, STAY WHERE YOU ARE!” The door slammed open. Alpha Victor sto