Kaelos' POV
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The world was still burning when I finally forced my legs to move.
The energy dome was gone—shattered into ash and light—and so was he.
Marcellus Sterling, the traitor Beta, the man who had broken Caroline, who had laid waste to Layla, who had dared to touch Odessa… but also the man who's been my best friend for so long.
Nothing remained of him but smoke and a stain on the earth.
And yet, it didn't feel like a victory.
The air reeked of charred flesh, and blood.
Soldiers of my pack stood frozen in the ruins of the battlefield, some with wide eyes, some with tears, some with heads bowed like the weight of what had just happened had crushed them all the same.
But my gaze was only on her.
Odessa.
She was still standing at the epicenter, though barely. Violet flames crackled weakly around her body, the last remnant of the storm she had unleashed.
