Heart Beat

Darius's POV

The heavy tires of the SUV chewed through the dark, cracked asphalt, leaving the blood-soaked ditch and the slaughtered rogues miles behind us. My beta gripped the steering wheel, his knuckles white, his clothes still stained with grease and dirt from patching the shredded rubber on the side of the road. Inside the cabin, a dense silence settled over us, broken only by the low rumble