Chapter 5

Shepherd stood frozen, his face pale as he surveyed the wreckage—the once pristine basement of the Larson Pack’s mansion was now a blackened, smoldering ruin. The air reeked of ash and despair.

It took a moment for his rage to surface, and when it did, it was explosive. He lashed out, his boot slamming into Andre’s stomach. “Where is Brinley?” he roared, his Alpha tone reverberating through the room. “I ordered you to rescue her!”

Andre, a Delta in the Larson Pack, hunched over, trembling under the weight of Shepherd’s fury. “Alpha,” he stammered, his voice barely audible, “we don’t…