CHAPTER 294 TO DIE FOR

Marcus returned to his tent later that night, carrying a burden far heavier than the one he had left with. His conversation with Bourne was still fresh in his mind. It included the twists and turns of betrayals, the looming threats from General Darius and Yovan, and the unsettling fact that Hudson was growing dangerously close to their borders. It was clear the game was spiraling faster than any of them could control, and Marcus found himself in the center of it, either as the next Alpha or the fall guy. Right at the entrance of his tent, his senses prickled at something, like a distant yet known scent lingering inside. It was almost as if the tent itself was holding its breath, waiting for anything to happen, and his instincts ticked off in alarm. Something was wrong. When Marcus stepped inside, his eyes immediately went to the small flame flickering in the corner of the hearth, but it wasn’t that that caught his attention. It was the feeling of an overwhelming sense of another