Chapter 119

Aubrey's POV "Everyone to your positions!" Knox's Alpha voice carried across the pack house, cutting through the chaos of blaring alarms and shouted orders. "This is what we've prepared for!" We rushed from the interrogation room, leaving Reed under heavy guard. The tremors of another explosion vibrated through the floor beneath our feet as we emerged into the main hall. Pack members moved with disciplined urgency to their assigned stations—some heading to defensive positions, others escorting the young and elderly to the underground shelters. "Helena, status report," Knox demanded as we reached the command center set up in his office. The large territory map on the wall was marked with the positions of our defenders, now showing breach points along the eastern perimeter. "They hit us at three points simultaneously," Helena reported, her fingers tracing the compromised areas. "Ivanka leads the main force here, at the forest edge. They've already pushed back our first line of defenders.