Chapter 6

Alex crashed to the ground, letting out a painful grunt.

Ignoring the bone-deep burns on his hands, he stared at the silvery barrier that shielded me, his eyes trembling with disbelief.

"How is this possible? You don't even have an inner wolf. You're a dreg-blood." Alex muttered, sounding like a gambler who'd lost everything. He tried to crawl toward me again.

But his inner wolf was raging in his mind, pounding at his nerves.

It wasn't the thrill of battle, but overwhelming terror and profound remorse.

His wolf was mourning, howling, and cursing him for losing the purest soulmate on…