Chapter 73

Aisha's POV The battle had ended, but my heart hadn't caught up yet. Every breath I took was still laced with adrenaline, my body humming with the memory of carnage and fire. From the cliff's edge overlooking the battlefield, I watched the last of our wounded being gathered and treated, the crows having lost interest now that death no longer reigned. Simon and Kai stood near the tree line, bloodied but upright, alive. Their victory wasn't a lone feat, though. Not entirely. Charlie.. The name echoed in my thoughts like a thread of silver in a dark tapestry. His actions had tipped the scale. While Simon and Kai took on Alpha Brayden and Alpha Jack directly, it was Charlie who orchestrated the strike on the neutral hospital. He had led the Golden Pack warriors with unrelenting precision, cutting through enemy defenses and reclaiming what was once ours—neutral ground, sacred ground. The fact that blood had even been spilled there... it still twisted something inside me. But thanks to Charl