Champion of the Alpha

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>���� Survival isn't victory when you're fighting for your soul. ����</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We were trained to be warriors-</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>loyal unbreakable unafraid.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But none of us were prepared for </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the mist.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It came from the sea swallowing the shore in darkness.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And in that chaos </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I watched Austin die.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> My mate... or was he? His last words still haunt me.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I'm a captive in a land ruled by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>fae</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-forced into deadly </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trials</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> alongside my two closest friends. We're told to fight for glory but the truth is simpler: </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>only one of us will live.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My sponsor **Kaleb-the Alpha King of the Glades-** isn't like the others. Half fae half wolf and bound to serve a cruel king he's the only thing standing between me and certain death. But even he can't protect me from the magic that dulls what wolves feel... or the betrayal waiting in our own ranks.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>allies become enemies</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and freedom demands blood I'll have to decide who I can trust-and who I'm willing to lose-</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>before the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trials</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> claim us all.</span></p><p></p>