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SELENENight settled over the Concave Moon Pack like a held breath.I lay awake between my children, listening to the rhythm of their sleep, memorizing it the way mothers do when they sense something fragile approaching. The room was dark except for moonlight spilling through the curtains, painting silver lines across the floor.Dawn felt too far away.I had agreed to stay until morning, but every instinct screamed that I had made a mistake.A soft knock came at the door.Once.Then again.My body went rigid.Anna stirred from the chair beside the bed. She met my eyes, already alert. I carefully slipped out, motioning for her to stay with the children.When I opened the door, Jax stood there alone.No guards.No Alpha posture.Just a man who looked like he hadn’t slept in days.“I won’t come in,” he said quietly. “I just need to talk.”I hesitated, then stepped into the hallway, pulling the door closed behind me.“What is it?” I asked.He leaned against the opposite wall, hands loose

TAMARATamara hated waiting.She hated uncertainty even more.From the shadowed balcony above the eastern courtyard, she watched Selene walk away with the children, her posture protective, her head high. The sight made something ugly coil in Tamara’s chest.Five years ago, Selene had left broken.She had been meant to stay broken.And yet here she was, alive, admired, holding the attention of an Alpha who should have been Tamara’s destiny.Her fingers curled around the stone railing.Children changed everything.Children shifted power.And Tamara had never been foolish enough to ignore opportunity.She turned as a familiar presence approached.“You’re far from the summit halls,” Jeff said calmly.Tamara smiled before she faced him. “And you’re far from the rogue edges you pretend not to miss.”Jeff’s blue eyes were sharp, assessing. “What do you want?”“I want to talk,” she replied. “About Selene.”That did it.His jaw tightened. “You don’t get to say her name like we’re allies.”Tama

SELENETamara didn’t move from the doorway.Neither did I.The kitchen suddenly felt too small, the air too thin, like the walls were listening. Anna’s hand hovered over the counter, her knuckles white. I could feel her fear bleeding into mine.Tamara’s smile widened slowly, deliberately.“What threat?” she repeated, tilting her head. “You sounded so certain.”I forced my shoulders back. “You have a habit of eavesdropping.”Her eyes flicked to Anna. “And you have a habit of hiding things.”The silence that followed was sharp enough to cut.Anna straightened. “Breakfast will be ready shortly. If you’ll excuse us”Tamara lifted a hand, stopping her. “I wasn’t speaking to you.”Her gaze slid back to me. Calculating. Cold.“Five years,” she said lightly. “You vanish without a word. And now you return with secrets spilling out of your mouth before the sun is even high.”“I don’t owe you explanations,” I replied.She laughed softly. “Oh, Selene. You never change. Always pretending you’re st

SELENE Morning crept in long before I was ready for it. I hadn’t slept. Not really. Every creak in the hall, every shifting shadow under the door made my heart slam against my ribs like it was trying to escape. The kids were still asleep, curled together in the small bed like moonlit cubs. Peaceful. Trusting. Oblivious. I envied them. I slipped out of the room before dawn, needing space. Needing air. The corridors of the Alpha wing were quiet, the stone walls cold beneath my fingertips as I walked. Five years ago, I left this place in tears. Now I walked it like a ghost. I reached the back balcony overlooking the training grounds, hugging myself against the morning chill. The pack was already awake, warriors training, the clang of metal and grunts echoing across the courtyard. Then I heard footsteps. Slow. Heavy. Purposeful. Jax. I didn’t turn as he approached, but the air shifted, it always did when he was near. His presence pressed against me like the weight of a st

SELENEI stared into Tamara's eyes, and for a terrifying heartbeat, I forgot how to breathe. Her lips curved into what could've passed for a polite smile, if not for the sharp, assessing gleam in her gaze. It was the kind of smile predators gave when they recognized another predator… or prey."I had a sister named Selene," she said slowly, stepping around the vehicle with a grace that was too controlled to be casual. Each footfall was deliberate, the way a wolf circles something it isn't quite ready to pounce on. "You look… familiar."A cold prickle crawled up my spine."Do I?" I murmured, tugging Jaycen closer and lowering my chin, not enough to show fear but enough to shield him.Jax stood behind her, confusion wrinkling his forehead."Is there a problem?" he asked, glancing between us.Tamara didn’t look away from me. Didn’t even blink."Not at all."Anna shifted beside me, tension radiating off her like heat. Her smile was bright, overly sweet, the kind you give when you’re hiding

SELENEFive years later…"Jeff, please talk to me." My voice cracked. I stood in the doorway of the bedroom, watching the man who once saved my life waste away in the shadows."I said I'm fine, Selene." He didn't look at me. He rarely did anymore.I swallowed my emotions and left him in the dim room, retreating to the living room where tears welled up again. Every day was a war of silence and pain.It had been five long years since the fire. Five years since Jeff went back into a burning building to retrieve the only possession I had left from my family, a charm bracelet. He saved it. But he didn't come out the same.Jeff was severely burned. His once-beautiful face and chiseled body were scarred. His spirit is even more so. He avoided mirrors. Avoided people. He hid in his room, only emerging in the dead of night.He pushed us all away, even me. Especially me."Mum! Mum!" The sweet voices of my children broke through the ache.Triplets. Two boys, one girl. All four years old, beautif

BLAIR’S POV My family was happy. I just became the owner of one of the high-ranking companies in Vegas. My boy just turned one, how could I not be ready. Now I could categorically say that my life had never been happier. All I had been fighting for, for as long as I could remember and now had, and the very last thing on my list, was getting married to the one man that had been able to love me, through thick, thin, storm, hails, the rain of fire, brimstone and Sulphur. Through fairly good times and the bad times, through moments where I struggled to love myself. I couldn’t be more delighted. Contrary to Brian’s request, we were having a quiet wedding with the people that mattered the most to us. The very ones who watched our love story began in the craziest of ways, the ones who loved us through the toughest times and encouraged us to love each other through what felt like the possible. Tears flowed down my cheeks, with no apologies whatsoever to my makeup, as II walked down the

BLAIR’S POV I stood in front of the court, with a racing heart. For the last three months, we had been going back and forth with the company’s case in court and this was the day for the court’s final verdict. With Jennifer’s help, we were able to pull down some of the board members, who were then in the picture and they had given their testimonies to the best of their knowledge at the time.Some of them had also patched their relationship with my father, understanding that at the time, he was being manipulated and couldn’t have been able to help himself. The others thought it was wise to maintain their distance, saying that they were only offering the help they could for mine and Jennifer’s sake and didn’t think it was necessary to have a continuing relationship with my father. In it and through it all, we were grateful that they even showed up, some of which were outside the country already, but all returned for a justifiable cause.“Common, let’s go. I know we have this.” Brian

BLAIR’S POV “Blair!” she ran to me with a hug,This was not one of Jennice’s tricks at all. It really was Jennifer. I was filled with awe. “What?” Jennice asked. “You really didn’t think I was going to let that evil sister of mine kill my only child, did you?” Jennice asked.“What?” I was still stunned. All of me was vibrating. “Oh, sit down.” Jennice said. “I had Jennifer when I was quite young and since my stupid lover would not take me and the child and I was still trying to find my foot in the world I was left to live in, I couldn’t keep her.” Jennice began to explain. “I figured it would be better for her to be in an orphanage, than out here with me and so I took her there.” “It ached my heart that I began to travel a lot and lost track of keeping an eye on her, so she began to go through so much stress.”“When I returned to fix it, I realized my twin sister was after her life.”“Jennifer really was involved in that accident that day, but I stole her from the vehicle and

BLAIR’S POV “I could not believe my ears. “Please, show up alone first.’ She pleaded. Before could be asked twice, I fled out of the house, swiping the keys to the car from the table.It wasn’t long after I left the house that I got a text with a location. I diligently followed, not thinking about whether or not I was going to get myself in trouble, or probably kidnapped. I still had my suspicions on who had called and all I could call it was suspicion, since I wasn’t sure yet and it would have been the most unbelievable thing. I followed the location and arrived almost in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing but trees all round I was beginning to think this was some prank call or an attempt at being kidnapped. If it was, I couldn’t even be mad and all I could now do was pray to be successfully out of here. ‘Maybe I had reacted a little too quickly.’‘What was I even thinking?’ I was lamenting and asking questions.I kept trying to reach the number over and over again, bu

BLAIR’S POV Sebastine did not wait to see his father before we left.Luckily, I could leave, although, with a bandaged arm. The bullet had been taken out and the wound was going to slowly heal and I was definitely going to keep seeing Dr. Bruce to make sure that I was fine. Sebastine signed every single thing in his name back to his father and he was leaving the Maldives to literally start a new life in Vegas. He chose us. My only excitement was that we arrived just in time to save him, because I wasn’t sure how I was going to react to losing another member of my family, especially to suicide. When we arrived Vegas, we dropped over at Brian’s house first. Sebastine was going to be living with Brian, before he is able to do anything else.He was done with college and could easily get a job, even though Brian had already promised to include him in the company. Sebastine, had declined both Brian’s, as well as my offer, to work in the company, saying he was tired of family ‘hand-m

BLAIR’S POV We walked into Sebastine with a gun in his hand, just about to fire a bullet into his head. Brian flew for him and I could only stand there in tears, since I had Regal in my hands and couldn't quite get involved in any rigorous fights. Sebastine was hell bent on ending his life, as he began a struggle with Brian for the weapon. “Let it go, Brian!” He yelled, “you both, get out of here!” “Let me be!” He and Brian continued the war for the weapon. “Sebastine, no, please, I beg you.” Ever single word I uttered was choking in tears. “It doesn't have to end this way, please,” I continued. “What other ways does it need to end, Blair?” He probed, “huh?” Luckily, Brian was stronger than Sebastine, sho had spent quite a number of days, without food, but this did not in any way deter the struggle. I took a few steps closer, towards them, trying to beg Sebastine to let go already. “Argh!” I groaned in pain, as a bullet flew out of the gun and right for m the region between