Shyla’s P.O.V.

“Maddox?”

A tingling sensation shot up my spine to see my mate drenched in blood, deserting my heart. My entire world quaked with the intensity of shock to see him wounded for the very first time in my life.

Maddox was a King, the strongest Alpha in the history of the shifters. Who the hell dared to injure him like that?

The countesses queries clamored my mind, making me stutter. I could only grab his arm and cried profusely.

“W-who did this to you, Maddox? Why aren’t you healing?”

The sight of the blood gushing out of his wounds knocked me out of my senses. However, Maddox handed...