Chapter: 158My face immediately falls into a freezing shadow. My spirit is completely unwilling to continue with this dangerous topic, because my mind still thinks Samuel and Simona have zero connection to Kaelen’s bloodline. "Are there still pack guests lingering downstairs on the rugs?" I deliberately twist the conversation to a new track."Mrs. William has already seen most of the high alphas off to their trucks," Theresa says, following my steps. "My own paws walked the rest of the crowd out to the gravel for your shop. I don't think there are any guests left on the floor now. The cleaners are sweeping the red juice off the wood, and Mrs. William is waiting by the racks for your hug."Theresa can easily tell from my cold scent that my mind hated the baby topic, so her tongue follows my question instead of pushing the baby talk further."I see," I say in a light, quiet tone.When our boots arrive downstairs, almost every single wolf is gone and the display hall looks completely empty. There is
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Chapter: 157Lyra Nightbane POV"My wrist holds zero metal because our moon wedding never happened," I tell the empty corners of the upper floor. "No pack elder blessed our furs, there was zero ceremony under the stars, and my body never even stood inside the Ironvale City registry hall alongside my so-called alpha husband.""Excuse my boots, Lyra," Theresa says, her soft paws stepping across the high rugs as she hands me the glowing black device. "Your cell phone has been ringing like crazy."Since my dress was busy presenting the new ice gear on the wooden stage downstairs, Theresa kept the plastic device inside her own apron.I take the plastic from her fingers. Theresa tilts her head to add, "It looks like a fresh message track just hit your screen a minute ago."My thumb swipes the glass line to unlock the display. The second my eyes hit the white message box to read the text, every single drop of red blood drains straight out of my cheeks. My inner chest thumps so violently it hurts my ribs,
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Chapter: 156The hot flames in Kaelen’s eyes look ready to spray straight out of his skull, burning my pink dress into black ash. How could my tongue take Elowen's side? In an arctic, freezing tone, he growls, "Give the green stone straight back to her truck. My claws will buy whatever jewelry your heart desires.""Okay," I agree immediately, my voice softening. My mind had already planned to return the valuable stone anyway because it was way too heavy for our small connection. I just didn't want to break her old spirit inside the lounge earlier.My quiet attitude makes his alpha anger melt away. "From this sun forward, your boots will never meet her form again.""Okay," I promise bluntly. I do not think Elowen Frost is an evil female wolf, and my mind actually thinks she is quite good. But because of Kaelen’s deep pack pain, my soul has zero intention to get close to her lodge. At least, my truck will never take the initiative to seek her out.Kaelen’s chest completely calms down. He reaches his
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Chapter: 155Lyra Nightbane POV"My mind cannot find the logic behind your past choices, Kaelen," I say, my throat tightening as the old alpha Darius Nightbane stands near the display boards.My memory flashes back to a freezing winter night at Moonshadow Infirmary, where a pregnant female wolf had stood on the roof edge ready to jump into the dark canyon. My own paws had tried to pull her back, and my tongue told her she could take every single resource in my pack bag just to save her life. So inside Kaelen’s big alpha brain, his thoughts assumed my heart had begged him to save Darius Nightbane’s dying hockey company from total ruin six winters ago.In truth, my soul just couldn't watch a pregnant mother end her breath, because my own belly was carrying the twin cubs at that exact moment. My paws just wanted to protect that innocent pup from the dark. Later, Kaelen's truck had driven over to give the female wolf a mountain of resources to settle her debt. Right after that ice storm, his beast dem
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Chapter: 154Her mother-in-law? Wouldn't that be Kaelen’s real birth grandmother? But didn't the old pack gossip say Elowen used to be a loose mistress wolf before she became the main wife of the old Alpha? My brain feels super confused."Your boots must be super busy with the hockey guests today, so should my fur leave now?" As she stands up on her legs, my pink dress stands up with her. "I will show your boots the way to the door.""Okay," Elowen says, her face turning overjoyed.My chest feels a bit uneasy and ashamed after keeping the valuable green stone. My mind decides I am going to return the bracelet to her lodge the second I get a good opportunity.Elowen’s black truck is waiting right outside the gravel deck, and my paws help open the heavy door for her bones. Elowen sits down on the seat, lowers the glass window down with her finger, and praises my face with a big smile. "You look really beautiful in that pink dress today, Lyra."My face feels a bit awkward as my mouth says, "Thank you
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Chapter: 153Lyra Nightbane POV"This is a great idea! He can wear that hockey skirt himself! I am telling your ears it suits his fur perfectly," Boyce Shawn chuckles loudly, taking the quick opportunity to dig Armand’s grave right on the shop rugs.Armand glares at his face with hot yellow eyes. "Will your bones die if your mouth does not talk?""Yeah, maybe! What are your eyes looking at over there?" Boyce asks, noticing Armand’s face change fast out of nowhere.I follow Boyce’s sharp gaze toward the glass doors and see the old lady Elowen Frost walk onto the wooden deck. As Kaelen’s closest hockey friends on the ice, both of them know that Elowen is Kaelen’s stepmother wolf. It was because of her presence that Kaelen had packed his bags and left the main manor so early to live alone in his own cave. It was also because of her that Kaelen and his father’s relationship was so strained and icy. Naturally, their snouts do not like her fur at all. And she and Kaelen barely share any real family bond
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Chapter: 93ROWAN ASHCROFT POV“Are you seriously going to eat that entire bowl of wild berries before the hockey game starts, Kael?” I ask real loud, my hand resting flat on my big, round stomach.“My internal wolf needs all the strength he can get if your boots are going to force me to watch Ronan slam into the ice walls for three whole hours,” Kael Thornridge says back with a huge grin, his tongue licking red juice off his bottom lip. “Besides, our little pup inside your belly is the one who is actually hungry for the fruits under the moon.”“The pup wants to watch the hockey match, not eat your whole bowl,” I say, and my boots take a small step closer to his large frame inside the Alpha’s Sky Den.“Come sit right here on my lap, honeybee,” Kael commands with that deep, warm alpha voice that always makes my she-wolf feel super safe and happy. “The Blackwood Territory team is skating out onto the white ice on the television screen right now, and my arms need to be wrapped tight around your wais
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Chapter: 92KAEL THORNRIDGE POV“They are not that vague at all, Grandfather Alaric,” my voice booms out across the grass while my eyes stay locked on the hockey field.“Going that way on the ice course is not going to give her she-wolf any advantage anyway,” Nyra Vale shouts out to our faces, and her words finally make Orson Hale see that his plan is a totally bad idea.“Then that young she-wolf needs to stop being so soft on the hockey ice,” Orson grumbles real loud. “My fingers have a huge amount of pack resources riding on this game.”“You picked the wrong wolf to win, Grandfather,” Ronan Thornridge laughs from his large folding chair just a few feet away from my boots. “Come on, mate! We are going to take home the whole big victory pot today!”“Forget about that hockey hoop mark, honeybee,” my mouth yells to Rowan out on the field, because if my mind has to choose between my old grandfather and my brother Ronan, my soul is choosing Orson every single time. “Go straight for her hockey puck an
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Chapter: 91Rowan POV"Are you seriously going to make me scream your name in front of the whole pack?"I glare at Kael as he pins me against the leather seat of his SUV. His eyes flash amber, that dangerous glow that always makes my wolf go crazy."I don't care who hears." His voice is rough, all gravel and need. "Let them know exactly who you belong to.""You're impossible." But I'm already arching into him, my body betraying every word out of my mouth.He grins, that smug Alpha smile that makes me want to hit him and kiss him at the same time. "And yet here you are. In my car. In my territory. Letting me do whatever I want.""The driver—""Can't hear a thing through the partition." He nips at my neck, right where my mating mark should be. "Now stop making excuses and scream for me, honeybee."I hate how much I love when he calls me that. Hate how my whole body responds to just two words from him."I hate you.""Your wolf says otherwise." His hand slides up my thigh, and I forget how to breathe
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Chapter: 90ROWAN ASHCROFT POV“Nyra is running out the door right now to put face powder on Kael Thornridge,” I say to the empty dressing room mirror while I try to fix my own shirt.“I am right here, Rowan, and I just want to hear what the big Alpha is going to say to your face,” Nyra says as she walks back inside with her big makeup brush. “You look so great for the hockey interview, so stop shaking your hands because your internal she-wolf is looking super pretty.”“Hi, Kael,” I say when my boots walk out onto the big ice broadcast set, and I see his huge frame standing right there by the chairs.“You look totally beautiful tonight, Rowan,” Kael says, and then he leans his face right next to my cheek to give me a quick pack greeting.“What are you doing here at the Bloodmoon Gallery show, Kael?” I ask him, and my heart starts going super fast. “This is completely crazy for our hockey show.”“I am here because my wolf wants to prove my true love to your she-wolf,” Kael says back to me.“We hav
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Chapter: 89ROWAN ASHCROFT POV“Losing my hockey job at Thornridge Tower?” My voice sounds so fake when the words come straight out of my mouth. “My she-wolf used to calculate that a layout like that would represent the most terrible thing under the moon, but my spirit knows way better now.”“Your mind can still turn the whole ship around,” Marcus Hale says to my ears, his eyes getting very serious about pack business. “Your fingers can put out a big public statement, or your mouth can execute a huge live hockey interview right now.”“And what is my tongue supposed to say to the whole pack territory, Marcus? Should my voice admit that my animal made a huge mistake with her and then let her out of the mate bond paper so her she-wolf would not fight my name in front of the elders?”“The layout represents a very hard mix of things,” Elira Moss says, her face looking like her mind truly understands my pain.“Your deep voice needs to stay super low right now, Kael,” Marcus whispers fast, his eyes dart
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Chapter: 88KAEL THORNRIDGE POV“Look at this guy, he is my number one biggest screwup, and his name is Kael,” Magnus Thornridge says really loud to the whole pack room.“Magnus, stop that right now because that is a super mean thing to say to your son,” Valentina Moreau says with her thick accent. “Kael runs your whole entire Thornridge Dominion hockey empire for you, so he is doing a great job and he deserves huge respect.”“Oh, wow, you are hugging me right now, Valentina,” I say, and my voice sounds super surprised because I do not get hugs from anyone. “This is pretty weird for my wolf, but okay.”“I am just so happy to finally meet you, Kael,” Valentina says, and she sounds very warm and nice. “I know you missed the big family pack dinner last night.”“Yeah, I am sorry about that, but I have a huge amount of hockey work at Thornridge Tower,” I say. “Now we are meeting here at the Bloodmoon Gallery instead.”“He was running the empire good for a minute,” Magnus grumbles really loud. “But the
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