تسجيل الدخولCalden "Is this it, Alpha?" Dante's voice is barely a whisper over the steady roar of the downpour, but it cuts through me like a physical blade.I don't answer him. I can't. My boots sink deeper into the thick, freezing mud at the very edge of our pack boundary, but I don't feel the cold. I don't feel the rain heavy on my shoulders, plastering my hair to my forehead, or the way the wind is violently whipping through the dark trees of the neutral territory right in front of us. All I can do is stare into the pitch-black empty forest ahead.There is nothing."Alpha Calden," Alvin says, stepping up beside me, his hand coming down heavily on my shoulder. His grip is tight, trembling slightly. "The tracks. They just... stop.""They don't just stop," I growl, my voice sounding raw and completely foreign to my own ears. I shake his hand off, throwing myself forward onto my knees in the mud. I crawl a few inches, my hands scraping against sharp rocks and wet pine needles as I desperately se
JodieThe flashing red light at the bottom corner of the screen feels like a ticking time bomb. I stare at the tiny notification envelope, my fingers frozen over the keys of the wireless keyboard. My heart thumps against my ribs, a dull, heavy ache that has nothing to do with the physical strain of my pregnancy.This is it. This is the moment she tells me it is over.I brace myself for the absolute worst as I slowly move my finger to the trackpad and click the flashing icon. My mind is already drafting the apology. I have been completely off the grid for months. No draft updates, no emails, no status reports. I swallowed myself whole in Calden’s pack affairs, running myself ragged trying to be the perfect, submissive Luna while my husband treated me like a ghost. I had let my writing, the only thing that actually belonged to me, slip entirely into the dark.The message window pops open, and I hold my breath, waiting for the cold, formal contract termination notice to load.*WILLOW!!!*
Jodie The Lycan Luna smiles warmly at my simple request, her strict expression completely melting away as she lets out a soft chuckle. "A tablet? Of course, dear. If that is all it takes to keep you resting in this bed, I will have one brought to you immediately. We cannot have you going stir-crazy while your body is doing such heavy work."She turns toward the door and raises her hand, gesturing to one of the guards standing just outside in the hallway. Within two minutes, a servant quietly walks into the room, carrying a sleek, high-tech MoonCrown tablet and a matching wireless keyboard. The device looks incredibly thin, boasting a polished dark frame that matches the modern look of the rest of the pack house. At the same time, another worker silently moves a small, clean wooden table and a comfortable cushioned chair into the far corner of the room, setting up a perfect little workspace in case I want to sit up later."There you go," Katherine says, nodding toward the device as th
Jodie The door clicks shut behind Levi and the doctor, leaving only the quiet hum of the monitors and the soft crackle of the rain outside. The room suddenly feels much bigger, and a lot colder. I shift slightly under the thin blanket, my fingers still wrapped around the fabric as I look at the woman standing by my bedside.The Luna of MoonCrown stands there, her hands clasped loosely in front of her, watching me with a gaze that feels incredibly heavy like she is reading every single line on my face and making up her mind about me. I try to hold her gaze, but my head still aches from that blocked mindlink, and I look down at my hands instead. My fingers are smooth, healed, and completely clean of the dirt from the warehouse floor. It is a weird contrast to how ruined I feel on the inside."You look like a woman with a lot of stories, Jodie," she says softly, her voice breaking the quiet.I let out a breath that sounds more like a laugh, though there is nothing funny about any of thi
JodieI squeeze my eyes shut and press the palms of my hands hard against my temples, trying to stop the pounding in my head. The pain from the broken mindlink is sharp and throbbing, like a needle poking directly into my brain. I take a deep, shaky breath and look up at the empty room. Why is this happening? Why is there only blank silence in my head? I try one more time, pushing my energy out to find even a faint whisper of the Silver Moon pack, but my mind just bounces right back off that cold, invisible wall."Talia!" I call out, my voice sounding a bit louder than I intended.The door clicks open almost instantly, and Talia steps back into the room, her eyebrows pulled together in concern. "Jodie? What is it? Are you feeling pain somewhere?""Why can't I feel anyone?" I ask, my hand still pressed against my forehead. My chest hitches as panic starts to creep back into my throat. "I tried to mindlink my friend. I tried to reach outside this room, but there was nothing. It’s compl
Jodie My body slams back against the mattress as another heavy shake rips through my arms and legs. The loud, continuous screech of the flatline is the only thing I can hear. It rings right in my ears and drowns out everything else. I can't catch my breath. My chest feels like a heavy block of stone, and my eyes are rolled back so far that the ceiling is just a blurry mix of white and flashing red light. I can feel faint, panicked hands gripping my shoulders to keep me from falling off the bed, but the feeling is completely distant. I am locked inside my own skin, burning alive.The blood feels like fire, running through every single vein in my body and changing whatever is left of me. It is too much. It is too heavy. It hits my heart in massive waves, forcing my muscles to lock up until my bones literally ache from the tension.*Lila!* I scream in my head, my mind clawing through the blinding pain. *The baby. We are losing the baby!*In the middle of that agony, even though I never







