Chapter 35 – Skin Walker

Gabriel

"But I never left the halls you see." He mocked.

As ever the old bitch has it figured out.

"The former beta was but a simple decoy, Alpha - a fragile illusion to scatter your focus while the true play began here."

My head whipped around at that, cold realization lancing through me like a blade between the ribs.

Of course... It all made sense now in a horrific, inescapable way.

This means one thing!

A shifter!

A true skin-walker capable of transcending their physical form

One of the most feared, powerful classes of our kind. And here, in the center of my heart, I feel pain.

When did it escape me?

How did this vile creature walk unnoticed amidst my pack, sowing its seeds?

"Talon!" I barked over my shoulder, barely keeping my fury leashed as the pieces fell into place. "Initiate a full security lockdown and have your hunters brought in! We are dealing with a shifter - a skinwalker of immense power bent on-"

My words cut off as I spun back to confront the shifting tide of mali