MALAKAI'S POV

"Kael! Torin!" I barked into the darkness.

My Beta and my lead scout emerged from the tree line like ghosts, their bows drawn and ready. They stopped dead when they saw the woman in my arms. I saw the recognition hit them instantly—the shock, followed by the confusion.

"Alpha?" Kael whispered, stepping closer, his eyes fixed on the blood-soaked silk. "Is that... is that the Moonlit Luna?"

"She is nothing to Moonlit now," I snapped, my voice cutting through the trees. "She was discarded. Flogged and thrown out like a trespasser."

Torin moved to touch her, perhaps to check for a pulse, but I moved before I could...