Chapter 91

Third Person's POV

Zarek Vane had never admitted it aloud, but as a boy he had always wanted someone to stand before his father for him, to shield him, to help him escape. Back then, he was weak—too small, too fragile to fight back. He had dreamed of rescue.

Now he was Alpha of the Steelbound Alliance, stronger than most wolves alive, feared by rivals across the territories. He no longer bowed to