Chapter 121

Scarlett's POV

Spotting Nico on the war ground caused Scarlett's thoughts to spiral out of control. Was he Shadow? She always thought that Shadow possessed a distinct dark presence that would reveal itself whenever he was near her. How innocent she had been to entertain such ideas. She had encountered him, shifted alongside him, and even conversed with him without realizing it. He truly excelled in the art of trickery. 

Upon her initial encounter with him in the realm of humans, she found herself pondering how he could be so large, fearsome, and powerful, yet remain unknown to anyone in the werewolf realm. On the night of the full moon when they first encountered each other, she inquired about his identity, but he departed that morning without providing a response. She had questioned why he was larger than Zachary, the Lycan king of the entire werewolf realm, and now she grasped the reason. 

Nico was Shadow, the eldest of all beings. His subordinates stoo