Chapter 270

• Third Person's POV
• The man had already taken down several of Magnus's pack brothers. Were it not for his opportunistic strike in the masquerade, seizing Aysel, he would have already met the Shadowbane Alpha's wrath-or worse, the cold embrace of the sea below.
• Magnus's eyes, black and fathomless like a midnight river, radiated a predatory chill that left no doubt: any misstep, any hesitation, would be punished with bone-shattering precision.