From The Beginning

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• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   A New Dawn

  AriaOn returning home, no one really said much. The loss of Liam hung heavy in the air and in everybody’s chest. His sacrifice was very much to deal with but something came out with it, and that was change.We were back at the estate and in the council hall. It was full. Bodies pressed shoulder to shoulder, quiet as they waited for the next shift in power. No guards stood by the door like they usually would. No warriors in armour posturing at the corners. It was just the pack. Unified in mourning. Waiting for something to hold onto.Elder Sorah stood at the centre of the hall. Her face was pale and as wrinkled as her dress. For once, she didn’t look composed. She looked… tired. She stepped forward and cleared her throat.“I have served this pack for longer than many of you have been alive. First as an elder, then as temporary Alpha. When I took that title, it was not out of pride or ambition. It was because I thought our people needed caution. Structure. A steady hand in uncertain ti

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   Ashes To Honour

  KolThe river was quiet that morning. The sun hadn’t gone down completely. The wind made the white banners standing tall flutter. A line of warriors stood at attention by the riverbank, all dressed in black and their heads bowed. The pack had gathered, all of them, soldiers, elders, staff, even the children, because this wasn’t just a funeral.This was a goodbye to one of our best… even though he had once betrayed us.This was Liam’s farewell.I stood beside the wooden pyre we built for him. We’d stacked it carefully, every log positioned by the men he’d trained and trained with. His body, which was dressed in ceremonial white, lay atop it. He lay peaceful and strong with his hands folded on his chest, like a warrior should be.Aria stood next to me with her hand in mine. No one spoke for a long time. And then, finally, she stepped forward.Her voice shook, but she didn’t hide it.“When I first arrived at the Moonlight Estate, Liam didn’t treat me like he treated the other Luna’s. He

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   The Price of Peace

  KolLiam’s eyes were opened wide, staring at nothing. I reached out with my trembling hands, and gently closed them. The warmth was already fading from his skin.I don’t know how long I knelt there, but I couldn’t move. I couldn’t comprehend that I had just lost him. For good.Then I looked up. Around me, my pack was dying, bleeding, screaming. What was the point of all this? Liam was gone. And for what?I curled my hands into fists. They were slick with his blood. I felt the fire in me rising again, rage, grief, vengeance. But then it cracked, giving way to tiredness.I didn’t want to do this anymore. I didn’t want to watch another soldier die, another child cry for their mother, another fire scorch the soil I’d sworn to protect.This war, it had to end. So I tore a piece from the hem of my bloodied white shirt, lifted it high into the air, and stood.It was a truce. A surrender. Not of pride, but of bloodshed.I walked slowly to the centre of the field. Raising my arms, I raised the

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   For Us

  KolThe boom rattled the glass of our windows as I tugged on my shirt. Then came the screams. Then another explosion, louder and closer this time. The air was filled with black smoke. My pulse quickened. I didn't need a confirmation. I already knew:We were under attack.I quickly put my jacket on and ran out the door as two guards passed by me, shouting at one another while drawing their weapons.“Fire on the east wing!”“Enemy enforcers at the south gates!”The estate had turned into a complete battle field.I forced through to the chaos of it all, searching every corner and every face, trying to locate one person in particular. Aria.In that moment, Liam emerged through the smoke. His eyes were blazing. “The new moon pack enforcers are here. I counted dozens of them breaching through the rear fences.”“Where’s Aria?” I barked.“I was just coming to find you, to look for her,” he said.“We find her first. Then we fight.”Without a moment of hesitation, Liam nodded, and we went on.

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   Running For Two

  AriaI opened the door slowly, unsure of what I’d find on the other side. My mind was heavy and my heart was even heavier. Kol was on the edge of the bed with his shirt half-buttoned and his shoulders hunched and weary.Then he looked up at me softly. “Where were you?”I hesitated. “Just… outside. I needed some air.”He didn’t press. Instead, he stood and walked to meet me. Then he pulled me in for a warm hug. I felt safer. And even more safe when he kissed my forehead.“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered. “We’ll figure it out. All of it.”I wanted to believe that. But all I could think about was the life quietly growing inside me. A secret I hadn’t yet found the courage to say out loud.We stared into each other’s eyes for a moment, then he leaned in and kissed me gently. I kissed him back, but my mind was spiralling towards what this meant, what it could become, and how little room there was for peace in our world.When we broke apart, he led me to the bed, and began taking off hi

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   A Shocking News

  AriaThe moment the door clicked shut behind Kol, my eyes opened instantly. I hadn’t slept since I vomited. Not really. The nausea had kept me awake all night, and it gave me serious anxiety. What if I was pregnant? The thought only was like a death sentence to me. Kol had enough to worry about, losing his title, Sorah’s betrayal, the pack fracturing under her rule. The last thing he needed was another burden. Another weakness for his enemies to exploit. I dragged myself out of bed despite not wanting to. Then off to the dining hall I went. I was expecting to be treated as Luna I used to be, but since I wasn’t that anymore, I had to serve myself.A few warriors and maids nodded at me, as I served myself and then I caught their eyes lingering on me a beat too long. Wondering, probably, if I was still worth acknowledging now that Kol wasn’t Alpha. I picked at my breakfast, forcing down a few bites of toast before the nausea started again. I barely made it to the servants’ washroom