chapter 98

Kaine POV The dungeon's cold embrace had become my reality. Every breath I took felt tainted by the bitterness of my failure. Days bled into nights, the passage of time marked by the echoes of my own regrets. Anger and humiliation churned within me like a tempest, a torrent of emotion that threatened to drown me in its depths. The very air seemed to crackle with the energy of my frustration.

"How did it come to this?" I seethed inwardly, my clenched fists a reflection of the storm within. I had reached for power, attempted to wrest the alpha position from my own brother's grasp. My ambition had blinded me to the reality that I was playing a dangerous game, one that I was ill prepared to win. And now, I was paying the price.

The memory of that fateful challenge replayed in my mind, each moment etched with painful clarity. The sneers of the elders as my brother exposed my treachery. The defiance in his eyes