Chapter 53

Kale POV

I felt the tension in the air before I heard the footsteps. Something was wrong, very wrong.

I pushed through the late-night crowd, heart hammering, eyes scanning the narrow city street. Elvira was supposed to be right ahead of me, heading toward the gala’s afterparty with Celina and the others. I had stayed behind, dealing with some damn security issue at event.

Bad f*cking move. A scream tore through the night, sharp and chilling.

"Elvira!" I roared, shoving through the wall of people.

Ahead, down a dark alley lit only by a broken streetlamp, I saw them. Five figures, all masked, all wearing the Bloodmoon crest somewhere on their black clothes. Surrounding her like jackals, their claws glinted under the flickering light.

Elvira was holding h