Julian dragged his human mistress, Chloe, into my room. Using my pack’s border guards as leverage, he demanded I drain my pure wolf blood at tonight's Blood Moon ritual to grant her immortality. He had no idea I had been reborn. I refused to be their sacrificial blood bag again. Slicing my palm, I drew a forbidden rune to awaken Lucius, the sealed Original Vampire. The price for this Primeval Covenant was absolute: I must permanently abandon my wolf homeland and remain trapped in the treacherous Vampire Court as its Matriarch. Julian confidently awaited the Origin Blood Stone test, oblivious that Chloe had already secretly polluted his veins with dark potions. As the castle floor violently trembled, abyssal black eyes opened in the deep darkness below.