The Alpha's Retribution

***Roman’s POV***

Dirt crunched between my teeth as I dragged in a ragged, desperate breath. I woke up lying face down in the freezing, damp soil of the forest floor, my mouth tasting heavily of ash, copper, and cheap, burning liquor. A merciless sledgehammer pounded violently against the inside of my skull with every erratic beat of my heart. But the agonizing physical hangover was absolutely no