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CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED & SIX 

Talia’s POV 

Shock rippled through the room. I rushed to Derek’s side, my heart hammering against my ribs. 

“Were you bitten? Did any of them bite you?” I questioned. 

I could feel Della’s eyes on us as her father was covered in blood. She was attempting to maintain her composure as Beta, but I could practically feel her panic. 

Derek shook his head and said, “No. This blood… It’s not mine. It’s from the others. The warriors who fell.” 

I was relieved but felt guilty, as that meant there were warriors who did not make it. 

“Take a break and then explain clearly, Beta Derek,” Solon commanded, striding over. 

Derek wiped blood from his face. “Our scouts reported seeing rogues, which wasn’t unusual. Then, they were attacked on their way back. They were mad rogues. Warriors were bitten and turned within minutes. They breached the gate.” 

The room erupted in panic. Lunas were wailing, and Alphas were prepping themselves for a fight. Solon held up my hand, demanding silence. “Quiet,” he Alpha commanded, and the hall quieted. 

Anger twisted in me. Jason couldn’t even allow us time to mourn before he attacked us. He saw our 

grief as his chance to strike at Silverfang. It made me sick at how utterly shameless Jason was. 

“We pushed them back,” Derek continued. “We got the infected beyond the wall and sealed the gates.” 

“How many are we talking about?” Solon asked. 

“Dozens of them, maybe more,” Derek replied. 

I turned to Della, who was now pale. “Take your father to the hospital now. Have Leslie check him for any wounds. Then you come right back here.” 

Della nodded, taking Derek’s arm. He swayed but managed to walk with her support. 

The remaining Alphas and Lunas crowded around us. Their faces were a mixture of fear and accusation. Alpha Thorne of Ironclaw spoke first. “The former Alpha King has yet to be buried, and already the Rogue King strikes? This is an act of war!” 

Luna Mara of Riverbend added, her voice high and frightened, “If the mad rogues spread beyond Silverfang, every pack will fall into chaos. We have no defense against this plague.” Her words sent a chill through the hall. Everyone knew what happened to those who were bitten: within seconds, their bodies twisted and their minds snapped, turning them savage, leaving only hunger and violence behind. 

I felt anxiety clawing at my chest, but I forced my expression to remain calm. “Inform your packs to prepare, as we may not be the only ones being attacked.” 

“What about us right now? What are you going to do about the very real threat at your door?” Luna Mara 

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“We will find a solution,” I said, projecting confidence I did not feel. “Silverfang has faced worse and 

endured.” 

“How can you say that? You disappeared for years!” Luna Mara snapped. 

“It was Princess Talia who made sure the wall was constructed, which is keeping us safe right now. Without it, we would have already been overwhelmed,” Solon chimed in, and Luna Mara bowed her head in submission. “We will contain this threat. We will find a cure, and we will make the Rogue King pay for every life he has destroyed.” 

Alpha Kent stepped forward from the back of the group. My eyes narrowed as soon as I saw him. His face was composed, almost too composed, considering the panic around him. My wolf bristled within me as she growled, ‘What is he doing here? How dare he show his face!’ 

“Perhaps we should consider opening one of the gates,” Kent said smoothly. “There is no reason for us to be trapped here. Every Alpha and Luna in this hall is safer on the road back to their own pack than they are sitting in Silverfang waiting for the next breach.” 

Landon spun on him with pent-up aggression. “Open the gates? Are you insane?” 

“I said only one,” Kent responded. 

Landon’s face flushed even harder. “You would walk every Alpha and Luna in this room past mad rogues on the road and call it a solution? Did you hear Derek? They are at the wall. They are outside the wall right now. You are suggesting we send people out into them. Are you insane?” 

Colin spoke immediately after. “That is the worst suggestion I have ever heard. You put a single one of these people on the road today, and they do not reach their packs. They become more of them. We will be fighting our own friends by morning.” 

“Keeping us here is a death sentence,” Kent countered. “If the walls fall, we are all trapped like rats.” 

Colin stepped up beside Landon. He was exuding his Alpha aura, no longer the welcoming, positive persona he normally wore. “You are trying to cause a panic.” 

“No, I am just stating the facts. If…” 

“The walls will not fall,” Colin said firmly. “And suggesting we open the gates now, when the threat is immediate, is either stupidity or treachery. Which is it, Kent?” 

Kent opened his mouth to defend himself, but before he could speak, Nolan stepped forward with a coldness that reminded me of when I first met him. “Alpha Kent brought Jason into the Harvest Gathering,” Nolan said, his voice cutting through the argument like a blade. “He vouched for him. If Kent has been working with Jason all along, perhaps we should test a theory.” 

“And what theory would that be?” Colin asked with a sinister smile. 

“Maybe we can see whether the mad rogues outside our walls would harm you or not. If your alliance 

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with Jason is real, you walk out the gate, and you walk right through them. If it is not, we find out the cost of your suggestion the same way the rest of us would have.” 

Kent’s face paled. His eyes widened, panic flashing across his features. “You can’t… you wouldn’t…” 

Nolan didn’t look at me. He didn’t look at Solon. He simply pointed at the door. “Marco, throw Alpha Kent out of Silverfang now!” 

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