Dread

Crystal felt her stomach drop as the black wolf prowled toward her. Or perhaps prowl was not the word for it. But who cared? She knew this wolf was not Ace's Doyen. But she could not find a difference. Since discovering all this, she had been wondering how her past birth selves could have been fooled. But now she knew. It walked like a wolf and growled like a wolf.

The hair on its neck raised, and the wolf growled possessively at Nate who was standing next to her, holding her elbow. And that single instance was enough to remind her that this could not be Ace. While Ace was as possessive as an Alpha could be, he had never felt any jealousy or insecurity towards his own brother. Even Doyen had been tolerant of Erin's flirtatious ways with other wolves, be it Kai, Mateo or the other warriors. She knew this because she had heard it from Ace himself.

She extended her hand even as every fibre of her being was loathed to touch this imposter. She wanted to challenge this wolf and tear out i