MasukChapter 144"But your Luna is going to hurt them! She already gave explicit orders to her guards to brutally arrest us and throw us down into the damp, cold dungeon. What could have possibly made her change her mind so suddenly, anyway?" Stacy stomped her foot on the hard ground in sheer frustration, her chest heaving as she desperately waited for answers that made sense.No matter what happened in this unfamiliar territory, the absolute safety and well-being of young Leon and little Lyra were the most important things in the world to her.Kashton slowly shook his head, the heavy weight of profound guilt written vividly all over his handsome face. He felt so utterly useless in this moment; it was truly no wonder that Nora didn't ever want to come back to him. He was supposed to be a powerful Alpha, yet he could not even adequately protect his own flesh and blood, Leon and Lyra, within the borders of his own pack."Don't worry about that right now; I already talked to her," Kashton rea
Chapter 143"Fine!" Kashton called out in a choked voice, feeling sick with fear. He couldn't stand the thought of Leon and Lyra getting hurt.He promised that he would protect them, and he didn't care how he had to do it; he just knew he didn't want them to be hurt.Maeve reached out a hand to touch his face just then, a smile on her face."Kashton, I love you, or at least I loved you. You can rest assured that I won't go back on my word to kill those kids. They can stay in the pack, and as long as they stay out of my way, they can live. However, don't think for one second that I won't be able to tell if you dare to play any tricks on me. Those kids will go down with you. I am sure that's not what you want." Maeve's threats were pretty straightforward.Kashton held back the anger and hatred in his heart as he forced himself to nod.He wanted to tell Maeve to go fuck herself, but he didn't want to endanger the lives of his kids.Instead, he just sucked in a deep breath."I hope you kn
Chapter 142"What did you..." Kashton trailed off, his eyes blinking rapidly as he struggled to process the sudden, chilling shift in the room's atmosphere, unable to comprehend where Maeve was going with all of this.However, she didn't give him the slightest chance to piece it together. Instead, with a sharp, calculated look, she raised her hands, clapped twice, and called out sharply for the perimeter guards."Guards!" she summoned, her voice echoing off the stone walls.Almost instantly, the heavy oak doors burst open. A handful of well-trained, heavily armed guards marched into the chamber at once, moving with rigid precision as they formed a tight, threatening circle around Kashton.Kashton shifted his gaze across the faces of the warriors surrounding him. Their postures were stiff, their weapons drawn, and their eyes remained fixed entirely on Maeve, waiting in eager anticipation for her next command.He scanned their features desperately, searching for familiar faces, but he c
Chapter 141Maeve's heart beat wildly against her ribs when she heard this, a sudden spike of anxiety coursing through her veins. She already knew exactly where Kashton was going with all of this.She shifted her cold gaze to the kids, who were huddled tightly together in the corner of the room. The loyal maid who had come with Kashton was doing her absolute best to shield and protect them from the tension. After taking them in, her piercing eyes returned back to Kashton's face."Is this really what you want to do, Kashton? After everything I've done for you?" Maeve barked at him, her voice laced with bitterness. "After the way I tirelessly protected this pack while you were away? We've been together for five long years!"Even though she no longer loved him with the fiery passion she had felt in the past, at the very least, they had been together for a long time—even before she had officially become his Luna.Did he really not remember any of those important things?"Is something wron
Chapter 140Maeve stood up as soon as she heard this, her heart pounding rapidly against her chest and her mind racing.Since Kashton was back, everyone would pressure her to stop running the pack and hand things over to Nathan.She really didn't want that!"Who is he here with?" Maeve asked urgently."Well..." The maid looked reluctant to speak. "He came back with a woman, and...""A woman?!" Maeve exclaimed, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.Thanks to Nathan's letter, she knew that he had carried out his plan to kidnap Nora.What other woman could he have brought back to the pack?!Could it be that Kashton had fallen in love with someone else in the short time that he was away?He had dumped Nora for her five years ago, and he had also turned his back on her because he wanted to bring Nora back to the pack as his Luna.Of course, Kashton could fall in love with a woman and bring her back!"Who is she?!" Maeve snarled at the maid, desperate for any information she could g
Chapter 139"I absolutely cannot believe this!" Nathan roared, his terrible mood glaringly evident as he stormed aggressively back into the luxurious confines of his private chambers.Valentina, who was seated quietly in her wheelchair near the window, immediately looked up at him, deep worry clearly written all over her pale face."What is going on?" Valentina asked, her voice laced with genuine concern for her distressed partner."She is still stubbornly refusing to do exactly as we have asked of her! Even though I have blatantly threatened her with the lives of her own kids, she simply doesn't want to give us the strategic maps of Alpha Deluca's pack. And worse, she is still adamantly refusing to help build the magical defenses that we so desperately need!" Nathan complained angrily, running his hands through his hair in pure frustration.He honestly had no idea why Nora was being so incredibly stubborn about all of this. Isabelle had done a remarkably good job of coming in between
Chapter FiveThe fireplace in the Alpha’s private chambers crackled, the orange light dancing across the walls like a restless spirit. Deluca stood by the hearth, the small, blood-stained scrap of parchment between his fingers feeling heavier than a mountain.He looked toward the bed where Nora lay
Chapter FourThe rain was pouring heavily.Deluca stood at the edge of the Blackwood border, his boots sinking into the thick, churned mud of the neutral zone. His charcoal coat was drenched, clinging to the broad, heavy muscle of his shoulders. Behind him, his Beta, Ryder, and his lead scout, Devr
Chapter ThreeThe air in the Alpha’s study was filled with the scent of charred parchment. Nora stood in the center of the room, her hands trembling as she looked at the silver basin on the floor. Inside were the ashes of the Ancestral Ledger—the sacred records of the Blackwood lineage.Beside the
Chapter TwoThe ballroom of the Blood Moon Pack was a sea of gold and black. Every high-ranking wolf was there, their scents mingling in a thick, suffocating cloud of power and judgment. Nora stood at the edge of the dais, her fingers digging into the silk of her skirt. She was the Luna, the female







