C86 THE ALPHA WHO WALKED IN THE DARK

The night after Elara vanished into the sky was the coldest Damon had ever felt.

Wolves across the kingdom whispered that the Blood Moon had died. That the heavens had split open and swallowed their queen. That the Alpha King had been left alone—cursed by destiny, or abandoned by fate.

They didn’t know the truth.

They didn’t know the way Damon sat at the edge of the devastated valley