Chapter 168

• Third-Person POV
• Sunlight filtered through the mottled leaves outside Mooncrest First Pack Hospital, casting shifting shadows across the sterile corridor. Inside, the air was thick with disinfectant, but it couldn't mask the stench of rot hospital always associated with the Ebonclaw Pack.
• A sleek black car pulled up to the emergency bay. The door swung open, and Duke stepped out, expression grim. He moved with purpose, trading his tailored suit for a doctor’s white coat and slipping a surgical mask over his face, revealing only his sharp, calculating eyes.