Chapter 235

Scarlett I had long since lost track of how many hours we’d been fighting. My body had gone past its limits, every movement heavy and unsteady. Air scraped into my lungs in shallow pulls, never enough, as if the world itself refused to let me breathe. Every inch of my skin burned—muscles screaming, bones aching, pain threading through me like fire. Darkness flickered at the edges of my vision. But I back down. I could not afford to fall and let him target my people. I knew that if I would break down here, he would go target my pack, my children, my Alpha, the Nightshade, the Crescent Moon, and the Dark Moon. He had been targetting the Dark Moon. He had killed more wolves that I could even count on and he would do the same if I would let him be. Even as exhaustion dragged me down, I forced myself to remain standing. If this was my limit, then I would break through it. My dagger scraped along his ribs, then plunged deep, twisting as he snarled. At the same time, his fists crashed into me