Pest Control

LYSANDRA’S POV

For a fraction of a second, no one inside the sweltering war tent dared to draw a single breath. The heavy silence pressed down on us, thick with the metallic scent of fresh blood and the oppressive, suffocating weight of Varek’s raw alpha dominance.

Then, movement broke the stillness. The soldier Varek had kicked through the table let out a wet, rattling cough from the splintere