Chapter Fifty-six (Saraya's POV) present Time…

Females in torn, bloodied clothes started to mill out of the woods. They were disturbingly many. My eyes settled on the one on the ground. She lay there naked and unmoving with a torn neck. Her eyes stared blindly in death. Thelma caught my gaze and lifted Keanu. She carried him away from the gruesome scene and I set the dead bodies on fire with Jared standing solidly behind me.

"Gather here– all of you–and listen to me … " Dane's authoritative voice rented the air and I walked back to join him with Jared by my side and the freed women, tailing us. The sounds of their whimpering tore me up inside.

"I am Alpha Dane. The leader of Northlands. I have the pack's Betas here, a few of our gammas, and my pups. In addition to that, the pack's healers are here, led by my mate, your lunar. If you are wounded and need attention once we are done here they will attend to you," Dane continued. Murmurs of relief and thanksgiving resounded in the shrouded grounds.

I didn't know I was the pack's