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Chapter 156. True heir
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Against All Odds Chapter 158. His Lessons
* Zeina *The first lessons had to be gentle. He was only six, and though the wolf already burned in him, Archer was still a child, my child. I would not let the fire consume him before he learned how to wield it, even without my wolf.We took him into the training yard once the sun cleared the treetops. The air was cool, edged with dew, the earth soft beneath his bare feet. He clutched my hand as we walked, his tiny fingers sticky with nervous sweat, his eyes darting between me and his father. He didn't understand yet, not fully, but he trusted us. That was enough."Archer," I said, kneeling so I was level with him. His eyes, so bright, too bright, found mine instantly. "The wolf inside you is strong. Sometimes he'll want to run too fast, bite too hard. Do you know what happens if you let him?"He blinked at me, uncertain. Then he whispered, "I'll hurt people."The words cut me deeper than any blade. No child should carry such fear. I smoothed his hair back, forcing my voice steady.
Against All Odds Chapter 157. The Danger
* Cerberus *The hall still hummed with the echoes of their howls when Zeina led Archer down from the dais. She was fire, every line of her, burning bright enough to sear the doubt out of the pack, even if it left her scorched inside. I knew that look, chin high, shoulders squared, the shawl tight around her frame. To them, she was unshakable. To me, she was a woman holding back an ocean with her bare hands.Archer pressed close to her side, his little fingers clutched in hers. He'd stood through her speech braver than I thought his six-year-old bones could manage, but I felt his tremors when my hand brushed his back. The boy carried his wolf already like a storm in his chest, and storms were not meant for small bodies.I gathered him into my arms before Zeina could protest. He folded into me, head against my shoulder, the way he always had when the world grew too large. His heartbeat stuttered against my chest, fast, fragile, but he was still steady. Still alive. I kissed the top of
Against All Odds Chapter 156. True heir
* Zeina *The words still rang in the chamber long after silence had settled. Beta Aldin's vow, Beta Kael's sharp acceptance, they should have been enough to steady me. And yet, beneath the weight of their trust, my hands ached to tremble. I clasped them tighter in the folds of my shawl, willing the fire to stay visible, even when the embers beneath felt close to ash.Kael's voice cut through the quiet again, low, measured. "Then we will begin at once. The boy cannot train as the others do. He will need guidance that few can give, and secrecy. If word spreads too far, Alpha, others may come seeking to test his strength before it can hold."I did not miss the warning beneath his words. Rivals. Enemies. Even supposed allies who might think to fracture what we had built. My son's howl had not just carried through the night, it had carried through borders."Then we make his training sacred," I answered, my voice clipped with resolve. "A fire kept at the heart of this pack. No one beyond t
Against All Odds Chapter 155. The pack knows
* Zeina *The words lingered in me long after Archer drifted back into that fragile morning doze. Mama... you don't have a wolf. So simple. So pure. And yet it hollowed me out in places I thought had long scarred over.I smoothed my hand over his small back, feeling the faint tremors still running through him, echoes of a body too young to carry the burden of instincts awakening too soon. His heartbeat fluttered against me, quick, uncertain, but steady, alive.Alive because he had fought. Alive because he was mine.I lifted my gaze, meeting Cerberus's eyes across our son's dark curls. The man who carried me when I staggered, who bore the weight of my silence as though it were his own. And yet, I saw the storm in him too. The way his jaw was locked, his wolf bristling just beneath the surface, as if daring fate to come closer, daring the gods themselves to test him again.I wanted to tell him I was strong enough. That his vow, his endless carrying of me, wasn't what bound me here. That
Against All Odds Chapter 154. The result of the transition
* Cerberus *I found them on the balcony. The scent of Zeina's tears lingered in the air, faint but sharp, and it cut through me harder than any blade ever had. She stood with Donna at her side, the shawl wrapped close around her shoulders, her face streaked with the remnants of grief she had tried so fiercely to hide.They didn't notice me at first. Donna had her hand on Zeina's arm, her presence solid, grounding her the way she always had. Their silhouettes were etched in silver by the moonlight, two women carved out of fire and shadow, both carrying scars fate had branded on them, yet neither yielding.Zeina's head was bowed, her voice low but fierce. "If the gods think they've silenced me forever, they are wrong."My chest tightened. That was the mate I knew, even through the ache she carried, unyielding, defiant, refusing to let the gods write her end.I stepped forward then, the wooden boards creaking beneath my weight. Both of them turned. Donna's eyes flicked to me first, shar
Against All Odds Chapter 153. Wolfless mother
* Zeina *The forest was alive tonight. I could feel it even without my wolf, every shiver of leaves, every whisper of the wind threading through the branches. Once, I would have heard it all with sharper ears, felt it in the marrow of my bones as fur split my skin and my paws carried me across the earth. But now, I only watched. I watched him, them.Cerberus ran with Archer, their bodies a rhythm of instinct and blood, father and son a blur of dark fur and laughter echoing through the trees. My heart swelled with pride at the sight of my boy, small legs pumping, his breath ragged but determined to match the stride of the Alpha beside him. The forest bent to them, the ground itself seemed eager to carry them forward.And I... stood at the edge.Archer's laughter rose, free and wild, the sound of his wolf teasing at the edges of him. I pressed a hand to my chest as if I could hold my heart in place. Because though my lips curved in a smile, the ache beneath it was sharp, cruel. I wante
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