Meanwhile, The Shadow sat alone in his dark chamber, disturbed by one thought: how had the Alpha survived the bite of Hisamo—the bite of the dead?
"Is he not a werewolf? Or is he something more? How can he still be alive?" The Shadow murmured in disbelief.
"I must return to the land of the dead. Something is wrong," he growled. "My time is running out and so is my chance at immortality. I must not fail!"
With a furious roar, he declared, "I will return, and none of you will see the light of another day!"
He spun three times, then vanished into thin air, leaving behind a cloud of smoke...