Episode: 3
In the exiled lands, an attacker in brown leather commands a giant black wolf to kill Aria Vale. Glowing energy bursts across her chest as she grabs a dagger and falls limp. In Ashburn, Alpha Lucian Gray wakes up clutching his glowing chest mark. A maid brings a parchment showing a scorched claw print outside the borders. A guard finds a dead beast with molten wounds. Lucian inspects it and realizes Aria is alive.
A man in brown leather orders a giant black wolf to kill Aria Vale. The beast pins her to the ground. Glowing energy flares across her chest. She grabs a dagger from the wet mud to defend herself, then falls limp.
Alpha Lucian Gray wakes abruptly in his bedroom, gasping for breath while clutching his glowing chest mark. He calls out Aria's name. The blonde woman walks in and talks to him. A maid delivers parchment displaying a fiery claw print.
A young guard inspects the forest boundary outside the Ashburn settlement. He discovers a dead beast covered in molten wounds and spots a glowing scorched paw print in the mud. He immediately calls out for the Alpha to come over.
Lucian Gray runs to the forest edge and kneels by the dead wolf. He examines the glowing burns on the creature. His chest mark pulses in response, and he realizes in shock that Aria is still alive.
“The bond is dead.”
“Then let the dead stay dead.”
“Something survived outside Ashburn.”
“She's alive.”
Lucian Gray kneels beside the charred beast at the border of his territory. His mate mark burns in direct response to the molten wounds, confirming that Aria survived the attack in the exiled lands. Will Lucian leave Ashburn to search for his banished mate, or will the pack keep him from reaching her?