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Chapter 054: The Alpha's Legacy

Author: Amiash Mia
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-22 22:45:10

Kane’s POV

The air in the council chamber is stifling, thick with the scent of aged wolves and heated arguments.

I sit at the head of the long wooden table, jaw clenched, fingers drumming impatiently against the arm of my chair as the elders drone on.

“An Alpha’s duty is to his pack first.”

“You need an heir, Kane.”

“It’s time to start thinking about the future.”

Their words are the same as always, pressing, insistent, their expectant gazes weighing on me.

I don’t react. I don’t even acknowledge them. I just watch them as tbey continue to ramble on.

I should have expected this. It’s been weeks since Avery left, weeks of these meetings becoming more unbearable, weeks of my Luna pretending everything is perfect, and weeks of me pretending I give a damn.

I don’t.

Not about heirs. Not about securing a legacy. Not about anything anymore.

“An Alpha without an heir weakens the pack,” one of the elders continues, eyes sharp. “If something were to happen to you—”

I slam my fist onto the table.
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