Chapter 18 The Moon's Curse And The Alpha's Weakness

• A flicker of fire danced at Alpha Darius’s fingertips. Its golden glow cast shifting shadows against the darkened forest.
• He watched the flame, entranced. Yet his thoughts spiraled elsewhere—dragged into the depths of memory, into the haunting tales of his mother’s death.
• Above, the Blood Moon loomed, a cruel reminder of his greatest curse. His strength. His instincts. Everything that made him an apex predator—dulled on this night. The beast within him, the force that made him invincible, was shackled by an ancient power he could not fight.