Wild and untamed, full of rage and fury, the air smelled of fire and burning.

It was no ordinary burning. It’s like burning through her very existence and shaping her very essence into something new. Something more fearsome and lethal.

Something more fitting to be the Alpha—

Sasha blinked. She’s in the dining hall, yes. But she felt as if she wasn’t. Everything felt strange and foreign and hollow.

Or perhaps it was her own body that she felt somehow renewed as if the fire burn away every imperfection of her and shaped her into a blazing Queen.

But Sasha’s throat tightened, bile rising up her throat as everyone and...