Chapter 10. Burden of Bloodlines

Caius’s POV

I pulled up to my two-story house in the middle of a huge forest. Unlike most packs, the Night Shade pack’s house was only used for events, and I lived in a separate house.

When I was 14 years old, the former Alpha took my family in. Wild Rogues attacked the Night Shade pack after three years. We lost a few people, like our Beta, our Alpha, and the bloodline of the Alpha.

It left a group of 1,000 animals without a leader. We had to choose a new Alpha or accept the Red Moon’s offer to give up our ways and join them as servants to the royal pack. Even though I was only seventeen, I was seen as a leader because I was the oldest and had Alpha blood.

I became the youngest Alpha and chose my brother Christopher to be my Beta. Chris was the only one in the pack I could trust, and he was also one of the few who knew all my secrets.

Together with our sister, Faye, we turned the lazy pack into warriors and made them go to pack events. I wanted to keep