Chapter 236. Black Blooded: pt. 1

Caleb’s POV

I turned slowly, my heart still pounding in my chest, the blood in my ears roaring louder than the chaos that had just died down around us. The air was thick with the metallic tang of death and the cloying scent of burnt fur. The ground beneath my feet squelched with blood—black blood.

I could feel it drying on my skin, caking against the sides of my neck, crusted over my forearms. And it wasn’t just me. Every single soldier behind me… my brothers in arms, my father—Alpha Camden himself—we were all drenched in it. Thick splashes of obsidian blood painted our bodies, our fur, our faces. I blinked hard, my eyes struggling to make sense of the scene. This wasn’t normal. This was anything but normal.

I took a slow, shaky breath, clenching my fists so tightly that my knuckles turned white beneath the filth. “What… the hell is this?” I finally managed, my voice sounding foreign to my own ears, hoarse and edged with disbelief. My gaze swept across the s