Chapter 4

I felt nothing as Gideon placed his hand on my shoulder, his voice gentle but firm as he addressed the pack mind-link. The hospital corridor seemed to stretch endlessly around me, the sterile white walls closing in with each breath I took without my daughter.

"Alpha Marcus, I regret to inform you and the pack that Lily Sterling has passed away from complications of the rogue attack. The toxin spread too quickly without the necessary Alpha blood transfusion."

The silence that followed was deafening. Then, Marcus's voice thundered through the mind-link, his Alpha tone reverberating with accusation.

*This is a…