Chapter 85: New Threats Emerge
Aiden POV
The emergency radio crackled to life at exactly 3:47 AM, jerking me awake from the first good sleep I’d had in weeks.
"Alpha Aiden, urgent message from the Northern Territories," came the panicked voice of our border guard. "You need to hear this now."
I grabbed the radio, my heart already racing. Nothing good ever came through emergency lines at this hour.
"Go ahead, Marcus," I said, trying to keep my voice steady.
"Sir, we just got reports from twelve different packs across North America. They’re all reporting the same thing - strange tears in the air that show... other places. And sir, they’re all happening near places where powerful magic was recently used."
My blood turned cold. Lily’s sacrifice to break the shadow wolves’ memory spell had used incredible amounts of old magic. Magic that strong always had effects.
"How many tears?" I asked, already pulling on clothes.
"Seventeen confirmed so far, but the stories keep coming in. Alpha Rodriguez from the Desert Pack says one opened right in their area. He can see through it to what looks like a completely different world. "
I was halfway down the stairs when another voice broke through the radio fuzz.
"This is Alpha Chen from the Mountain Ridge Pack," came a female voice, tight with fear. "We have a situation. One of our scouts fell through a hole that appeared near our healing springs. We can hear him calling for help, but he’s somewhere else entirely."