LOGIN✨RAYNE✨Every slave would love to be free someday.The day I became a slave, I thought I was never going back home again.Yet here I was, standing in front of my father's house.I couldn't bring myself to knock on the door. My eyes moved over the familiar walls, the windows, and the entrance I had once walked through without having to think twice. My feet felt strangely heavy, as though the moment I stepped inside, I would be dragged back into a life I had spent so long trying to escape.The last time I saw this house, I was running to steal from the Alpha's farmland.Now I was back because he had rejected me.My lips pressed together. I swallowed, but the tightness in my throat remained.How had I ended up here?I had wanted to be free. I had wanted to leave the slave hall behind and never have to answer to anyone again. I hadn't imagined that freedom would bring me back to the very place I had once left behind. I certainly hadn't imagined that I would return after being rejected by
🌿EMERY🌿I had finally allowed myself to feel happy about the mate bond between that slave and my Warren, only for him to reject her in front of the entire council.I couldn't hide my shock.I had spent the better part of the meeting listening to the elders and council of chiefs debate whether Warren would accept a slave as his mate, regardless of the power she possessed. They had argued about the consequences of allowing someone without a wolf to become Luna of Shadow Pack, and some had even suggested that Warren should reject her before the matter became a threat to the pack's authority.I had been waiting to see how he would handle them.I hadn't expected him to reject Rayne himself.After the ritual, I had discovered that Rayne was wolfless because she was a Kitsune. A nine-tailed one, apparently. All that power had been hidden inside that fat, dirty body, and I hadn't even known what she was until the servants started talking.I had heard them the following morning, shortly afte
✨RAYNE✨“I, WARREN, ALPHA OF SHADOW PACK, ALPHA PRINCE OF NIGHTFALL PACK, REJECT YOU, RAYNE, AS MY MATE.”The words left his mouth with enough cold hatred to freeze an entire territory.For a moment, I couldn't understand what I had just heard. I watched his lips close, watched the faint movement of his jaw, and waited for him to say something else. Anything that would make those words mean something different.But Warren remained silent.Then something inside my chest caught fire.It began beneath my breastbone, spreading through my ribs with such sudden intensity that my fingers flew to my chest. I pressed my palm against it, but the heat kept travelling, burning through places I couldn't reach. It felt as though someone had poured molten metal into my chest and was forcing it through every narrow space between my bones.I couldn't draw a proper breath. My mouth opened, but the air refused to fill my lungs.The bond.I could feel it.It wasn't breaking the way I had imagined a bond
✨RAYNE✨I moved towards the door and opened it.Two guards stood outside.They immediately straightened when they saw me.I paused.Their eyes moved over my face, then towards my hair and the clothes I was wearing. One of them seemed ready to say something, but he closed his mouth before any words came out.I glanced between them. "Where is Alpha Warren?" I just wanted to confirm if the pull was right.Neither answered immediately."Is he in the grand hall?"The guard on the left nodded. "Yes, Luna."Luna?I blinked.Did he just call me Luna?I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.The guard lowered his head. "Would you like us to escort you?""No." The answer came out before I could think about it.I didn't need an escort.I knew how to walk through the pack house. I had spent enough time moving through its corridors to know where I was going.I stepped out of the room.The guards moved aside, and I continued towards the chambers.I could feel the pull in my chest growing stronger w
✨RAYNE✨I opened my eyes to the darkness of Warren's room.For a few seconds, I remained still, staring at the dark ceiling while I tried to remember how I had ended up in his bed. The sheets were soft against my skin, and the familiar scent of blood and cherry filled my nose.I knew that scent.I had spent enough time in this room to recognize it without having to look around.Warren.My eyes moved towards the empty space beside me.He wasn't there.Where was Alpha Warren?I tried to sit up, but something felt different. My body responded before I could properly understand what I was feeling. My hands pressed against the mattress, and I pushed myself upright. I looked down at them, turning my palms over and examining my fingers.They looked like my hands.At least, I thought they did.I remembered the forest.I remembered the pain, the strange heat spreading through my body, and the way I had fallen to my knees. I remembered looking down and seeing fur growing over my hands. I rememb
✦────✦✦────✦✦────✦✦────✦“When the cursed blood awakens, only the blood of his Moon-chosen mate can cleanse it. The life that purifies the darkness shall return to the stars.”—THE ANCIENT PROPHECY.✦────✦✦────✦✦────✦✦────✦🌿EMERY🌿By the time I reached the small room at the back of the temple, I had pushed the irritation out of my mind. I placed my hand on the wooden door and pushed it open.The room had been prepared for the ritual.Several candles had been arranged along the walls, while the centre of the floor had been cleared. Ancient markings covered parts of the stone, forming circles that surrounded the space where the priest would perform the ritual.I stepped inside and closed the door behind me.The priest wanted my help to interpret the new prophecy. Apparently, Aldric had been unable to access it properly, and he believed a Hexemerald could help him see what was hidden.I had been annoyed when he first made the request.Why should I use my power to help Warren understand







