Sienna remembered the night Darius's father died, but her memory carried gaps shaped like commands. Under the chapel's truth bell, she discovered why: Garrick had used Alpha compulsion to turn her into a weapon and erase the return journey.
Darius's brother refused to believe her until the bell repeated Garrick's voice from inside Sienna's memory. The three wolves formed an uneasy alliance and planned to expose the fighting ring before dawn.
At the prison, Garrick was waiting. He held Sienna's mother in silver chains and demanded Darius publicly claim Sienna as enemy property. The humiliation would destroy any chance of peace.
Darius knelt before the gathered packs—but instead of claiming Sienna, he surrendered his Alpha title to her.