Chapter: CHAPTER 27TAMING HIS WOLF Across Lycran and every allied pack, lanterns were lit, drums rehearsed, and elders whispered of the ancient rites soon to be performed beneath the full moon. The kingdom was alive with movement, florists weaving moonpetals into garlands, warriors practicing the ceremonial march, and pack omegas scrubbing every inch of the castle until the marble floors gleamed. But deep inside the heart of the Alpha’s wing, all that celebration felt a world away. Alpha Xavier sat heavily behind his towering mahogany desk, the muscles in his jaw grinding as his fists clenched against the smooth wood surface. Across from him, Kemer stood like a pillar, arms folded tightly across his chest, his Beta presence grounded and sharp. The tension between them was thick. “She came into my chambers,” Xavier muttered, barely louder than a growl. “I didn’t even hear her. One moment, I was alone. The next…” He shook his head, the heel of his palm pressing into his temple. “I almos
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Chapter: CHAPTER 26COLD DAYSThe past two days that followed blurred into a bitter stretch of silence and shadow.Not the kind that came with rain or frost.No, this cold was crafted from something far deeper, far more hollow.It came from him.From Alpha Xavier.He hadn’t touched her since that night.Hadn’t sought her out, hadn’t offered a glance, not even a passing one.Octavia felt his absence like the echo of a slammed door in a quiet room. Loud. Sharp. Final.He’d withdrawn into himself, buried beneath the weight of his title and the armor of indifference. At meals, he sat at the head of the long oak table, posture rigid as stone, shoulders squared, jaw set tight. His silver eyes once a flame of intensity she couldn’t tear herself away from now looked through her as if she were nothing more than empty space.Gone were the accidental brushes of his fingers that had once made her pulse stutter. Gone were the heated stares, the unspoken pull between them that made her breath catch in her throat.In
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Chapter: CHAPTER 25CRAVING THE CHAOS Tears stung Octavia’s eyes before she could even make it to the door.She stumbled backward off the massive bed, nearly tripping over the thick rug beneath her feet. Her trembling fingers fisted the hem of her dress, pulling it up just enough to stop herself from falling as she turned and bolted, heart pounding like a war drum in her chest.The room behind her Xavier’s room felt like it was closing in on her, suffocating with heat, emotion, and that primal energy that still lingered in the air like smoke after fire.Her bare feet slapped against the cold stone hallway, the chill biting her skin, grounding her, but not enough to steady her spiraling thoughts.Her breath came in sharp, ragged gasps. Her pulse was a frenzied rhythm in her ears.He’d stopped. Xavier had pulled back.But gods, he’d almost lost She couldn’t even finish the thought. Her throat clenched. Her stomach twisted with a toxic mix of fear, shame, and something darker, something she didn’t dare
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Chapter: CHAPTER 24HIS BEASTThe soft click of the door closing behind her echoed like a gunshot in the silence.Octavia froze, one hand still on the doorknob, the other curled against her chest as though she could calm the wild thrum of her heart with touch alone.The air inside the room was thick with heat and shadow. The scent of him hit her first earthy pine, smoke, and something darker, raw and untamed, like midnight in the woods.The fire in the hearth glowed softly, casting golden light that danced over the heavy velvet drapes and polished wood. Shadows swayed across the floor like whispers.And there, half-swallowed by the flickering gloom, was Alpha Xavier sprawled on the massive bed, bare-chested, one arm thrown across his abdomen, the other curled beneath his head.His breathing was slow, deep. Steady.For a moment, Octavia dared to believe he was asleep.A wave of dread surged through her, crashing over her ribs and knocking the breath from her lungs.What the hell am I doing?Her body screa
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Chapter: CHAPTER 23IN THE WAKE OF WANT She looked closely and there she saw. Mira. Hiding in the shadows beneath the stairwell, clutching her cloak tight around her.Octavia stepped closer, her voice low, gentle.“Are you okay?” she asked, her eyes scanning Mira’s pale face, searching pleading for the truth.Mira nodded quickly, too quickly. “Yes, Luna. I'm okay. just lost my way.”She bowed, the gesture stiff and uneasy, then turned and scurried away like a frightened deer disappearing into the forest.A heavy silence followed.Octavia stood frozen for a moment, her chest tight with something she couldn’t name. Then she turned and fled not from danger, but from the storm swelling inside her.Her feet carried her fast, almost blindly, back to her chambers. Her breath came in ragged gasps. By the time she reached the room, her heart was hammering so loud she could barely hear Astra calling her name.As the door shut behind them, Octavia crumpled onto the edge of the bed, her legs giving out as if the f
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Chapter: CHAPTER 22THE DINNER Xavier’s chair scraped back with a low growl of wood against marble.One second, he was seated.The next he was gone.A blur of dark motion, his body nothing more than shadow and rage.Before most in the room could process what was happening, he stood at Radon’s end of the table, a dagger already in hand.Octavia’s breath caught.The silver blade glinted once in the golden light and then sank deep into flesh.Radon cried out, the sound somewhere between a grunt and a scream.The dagger pinned his hand to the heavy oak table, blood spilling in a thick, dark pool around the hilt. His fingers spasmed, twitching like dying things.Gasps echoed.No one moved.No one dared."You will hold your tongue,” Xavier said quietly, the words sliding from his lips like ice. “Or I will rip it from your throat."The room pulsed with fear.Even the air felt electrified, charged with the dominance rolling off him in waves. It pressed down on everyone present, Alpha and Beta alike, forcing hea
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