INICIAR SESIÓN👀
Noah’s POVNobody answered.“I asked where she is.”The lead warrior tilted his head slightly, studying me now with open suspicion. “Why are you looking for her?”The question hit me sideways. I had expected denial. I had expected them to tell me they had no idea who I was talking about, that no one by that name lived here, that I should turn around and go back the way I had come.Instead they were asking why.They knew her.“That’s not something I need to explain to you,” I said, drawing myself up, bringing out my authority. “I’m an Alpha heir. I asked you a direct question.”The warrior in front actually smiled slightly at my words, and it wasn’t a respectful smile.“You’re a Pinecrest Alpha heir,” he said, “standing alone on Blood Moon territory, asking about someone you clearly have no business asking about. Forgive me if your rank doesn’t carry much weight out here.”The dismissiveness in his tone made my jaw tighten. I wasn’t used to being spoken to like that, not by warriors se
Noah’s POVI had been driving for hours, my hands tight on the steering wheel.I glanced at the rearview mirror as Pinecrest territory moved further away, watching the trees blur past, my mind racing through several thoughts. My father’s voice kept surfacing in my head, flat and unbothered, telling me he had corrected my mistake. Then it would fade into the memory of Davin’s terrified face, the words tumbling out of him before he could stop them.They took her to the Blood Moon pack.I had spent weeks trying to do this the right way.I had written letters, careful ones, phrased so they wouldn’t raise suspicion, addressed to people I knew within Blood Moon pack, asking simple questions about pack matters that could help with what I was actually trying to find out. None of them had been answered.I had sent messages through traders who moved between territories, men who owed me favors and might have been willing to ask a few questions on my behalf. They came back refusing to say anythin
Willow’s POVThe training grounds went quiet enough that I actually saw someone’s punch pause mid-strike.Mordecai straightened, said something to the warrior waiting for him, and walked off like nothing had happened at all.I stood there, completely stunned, my face burning so hot I was sure I would combust on the spot.“Pay attention,” Hela said, not even looking at me. “The match is still going.”She didn’t make a big deal of it, which I appreciated more than I could say.I forced myself to focus on the sparring again, though it took several long minutes before my heart stopped pounding.Diana found me not long after the session ended.The moment she saw me, her whole face lit up, and before I could say anything she pulled me into a hug.“I’m so happy for you,” she said, and there wasn’t a single trace of teasing in it, just genuine warmth. “Both of you.”Something in my chest loosened at that. It was one thing to have Mordecai care about me. It was another thing entirely to have p
Willow’s POVI was still looking at the vine curled around my finger, still thinking about the strange warmth I had seen on Mordecai’s face a moment ago, when I remembered something and sat up straighter.“I need to go,” I told him. “Hela wants me at the training grounds this afternoon. She said something about watching a few of the warriors spar so that we can start working new techniques into my training.”I expected him to nod, maybe tell me he would see me later.“I’ll come with you,” he said instead.I didn’t think much of it. The vine slowly uncurled from around my finger as I got to my feet, almost like it had noticed I was leaving, and I filed that away as one more strange thing to wonder about later.We left the garden together, and I was still distracted, still thinking about the vine, when I realized Mordecai was walking closer to me than usual. Then his hand found mine.It wasn’t the touch itself that startled me. We had held hands plenty of times now, in the garden, in his
Willow’s POVI swatted his arm, and he caught my hand easily, lacing his fingers loosely through mine like it was the most natural thing in the world.While we waited, I told him about the vines, about how I had been coming out here trying to recreate whatever had happened during the attack, and how nothing worked except that one small twitch the day before.“I thought I understood it,” I admitted, frustration creeping back into my voice. “During the attack, I wasn’t trying to control anything. I was just terrified, and it happened anyway. So I’ve been trying to recreate that same feeling, and it’s not working. Maybe it really was just some kind of accident. Maybe it won’t happen again.”He watched me quietly as I reached toward the nearest vine, closing my eyes, trying again exactly the way I had the day before.Nothing happened.I opened my eyes, glaring at the vine like it had personally wronged me.“You’re trying too hard,” Mordecai said.I turned my glare on him instead. “That’s
Willow’s POVI went back to the archives the next morning immediately after my training with Hela.The archives room looked exactly the way I had left it, with shelves stacked with disorganized records.I pulled the alliance ledger back down from where I had memorized its place and went through it again from the beginning, this time slower, checking every page for anything I might have missed the first time. There wasn’t much more than what I had already found. The alliance and the missing pages were the only things that had caught my attention, with the pages torn out so cleanly that I was certain it hadn't been an accident.I put the ledger aside and kept searching.Most of what I found continued to be useless. There were census records for territories that no longer existed. A stack of letters between some long-dead Beta and a trading partner about some shipments. A property dispute that took up almost an entire shelf by itself and mentioned nothing relevant at all.Several hours p
Willow’s POVI pushed Noah back with both hands until he let go of me.“It changes nothing?” I echoed flatly.He blinked. “I just meant—”“That’s what you just said to me. It changes nothing.” I glared at him through my tears. “Do you hear yourself?”“Willow —”“Am I supposed to feel better right n
Willow’s POVI didn’t know when I stopped breathing. I didn’t know when the paper and pouch the healer had given me slipped from my fingers. I was standing in the doorway and my vision had gone strange, like everything was suddenly too bright, and their voices had started sounding like they were co
Willow’s POV “Congratulations, Willow. You’re pregnant.”Hearing those words from the healer caused a wide smile to spread across my face.I sat there for a moment, just staring at the healer. My hands were trembling from the excitement. I pressed them against my thighs so she wouldn’t notice.“Ar
Willow’s POVAlpha Kelvin clasped his hands behind his back and looked at me with the same flat expression he used in pack meetings. “I’m talking about Stacey Holt and Noah,” he continued. “Their child.” He paused. “From your current state, I assume you have heard already.”My mouth opened and clo







