The Rejected Wolf, Golden Bloodline

I was exiled from my pack, my consciousness fading as death drew near. Through the haze, I saw a pair of golden eyes.

A rogue wolf king, rumored to have slaughtered entire packs, shifted into human form before me.

He pressed a burning palm against my chest, his voice low as if rising from the depths of the earth.

“You carry the Golden Bloodline, lost for three centuries.”

Three months later, messengers from my old territory knelt before me, begging for salvation.

And the man who once pu