LOGIN“Hide!” I whispered urgently to Enzo.
The corner of his lips curled upward, clearly amused by my panic.
Before he could say anything, I grabbed his arm and yanked him off the bed.
“Gwen? I’m opening the door now,” Lynn called from the other side.
My heart nearly stopped.
Without wasting another second, I shoved Enzo inside the bathroom connected to my room just as my bedroom door swung ope
Kaelen followed me to the healing den. He spent the next few hours monitoring the incident, questioning the healers and warriors. By the time dusk settled over Thornfell, he finally came to me. “Kira. Come with me.” I was still upset with him, but I went anyway, though I refused to speak to him the entire way. Then, without warning, Kaelen slipped an arm beneath my knees and lifted me effortlessly into his embrace. Before I could finish, he shifted into a blur. The wind rushed past us as he raced through the forest with the speed only an Alpha possessed. Trees became streaks of green and silver, and the cold mountain air stung my cheeks. Instinctively, I clutched his shoulders. His heartbeat remained steady beneath my fingertips, while mine threatened to pound out of my chest. Despite the impossible speed, his footing never faltered. Every leap carried us deeper into the mountains surrounding Thornfell. Within minutes, we stopped on a rocky overlook. From there, the packhous
When Kaelen stepped away to speak with the beta, Rora sauntered over to me. “So, you finally showed your weakness, huh?” she said, the corner of her lips curling into a smug smile. Crying over the loss of a friend would never be a weakness. “You know, the moment I stoop to your level and answer your taunts, that would be my weakness.” I met her gaze without flinching. “Was it you? Were you the one who put the idea into the suspect’s head to feed those poisonous berries to the pups?” Her expression hardened, and I caught a flicker of truth in her eyes, just a flash, enough to confirm what I already suspected. I had no proof, but too many pieces fit together. The two guards who had attacked me under Rora’s orders were still in Kaelen’s warriors’ custody, being questioned. Then the suspect confessed that someone had convinced him to carry out the entire plan. Yet before the investigation had even concluded, wolves throughout the territory were already openly accusing me of poisonin
When I woke, the sun was already high above the horizon. Kaelen’s arms were still wrapped possessively around me, holding me against his chest as though he had no intention of ever letting go. Heat rushed to my face. Carefully, I tried to slip out of his embrace, afraid he’d notice how warm my skin had become. The moment I moved, he followed. It was as though my scent drew him in, even in his sleep. Every inch I managed to put between us vanished as he instinctively closed the distance. I kept scooting farther away until I reached the edge of the bed. Before I could tumble off, Kaelen caught me with one arm and effortlessly pulled me back against him. “Why do you keep running from me?” he murmured, his voice rough with sleep. “Do I smell that bad?” “N-No! Not at all!” A faint chuckle escaped him. His fingertips brushed gently over my flushed cheek before he finally opened his eyes. “Were you really planning to deny me something as simple as holding my mate?” My heart skipped.
Dawn was beginning to break when Kaelen and I returned to the Alpha’s manor. Ever since we left the healing tent, I couldn’t shake the tension I’d witnessed between him and his cousin. I wanted to ask him about it. “Do you want to eat?” Kaelen asked, pulling me from my thoughts. After spending hours watching over the pups, I realized how empty my stomach was. I nodded. “I haven’t eaten in hours.” Without another word, he led me to the kitchen. To my surprise, the Alpha of Thornfell rolled up his sleeves and began preparing food himself. As he busied himself chopping vegetables and slicing the meat, I couldn’t hold my tongue any longer. “There’s something I’ve been wondering about…” I said carefully. “You know your cousin was behind what happened tonight, don’t you?” His hands paused for only a heartbeat before continuing. “I understand if you can’t tell me everything… but I wish I knew at least something.” Without stopping what he was doing, he began to explain. “He was once
“Lies! Everything you said is a lie! You’re just trying to pin your own crime on someone else!” he shouted. His voice betrayed that he was cornered, yet he still insisted on continuing the deception. “Take off your gloves and show us your hands,” I demanded. Kaelen glanced at the two warriors standing nearby and signaled them to restrain the man. They obeyed at once, gripping his arms before he could think to run. The wolf’s eyes widened with panic as Kaelen strode over and stripped the gloves from his hands himself. Around us, the parents gathered inside the healing den recoiled in shock, instinctively putting distance between themselves and the accused. “A-Alpha…” he stammered. Kaelen’s expression hardened into ice. “Explain yourself. Now.” “T-There’s sap from another plant on my hands! Please, Alpha, spare me this once!” Desperate, he crawled toward the other parents, but they only met him with clenched jaws and looks of disgust. “You’d better pray my wife finds it in her hea
Minutes later, I finally finished brewing a full cauldron of medicine, with Amanda guiding me through every step over the phone. “The color should be pale silver,” she instructed. “And it should be thick, like honey.” The potion matched her description perfectly, even though she had never seen it herself. “It’s done!” Everyone inside the tent heard my announcement, and the two healers immediately rushed over. “Please check it,” I said. The head healer lifted the cauldron, breathed in the herbal scent, then dipped a spoon into the potion and tasted it. The instant he swallowed, relief spread across his face. “Quick! Give it to the pups immediately!” “Only three spoonfuls at a time,” Amanda reminded us, having heard the exchange through the phone. “Repeat the dose every hour. It’s medicine, not magic. Don’t force an entire cup down them at once. Once it enters their bodies, it needs time to work, especially since their hearts and stomachs are still so small.” “Thank you so much
Muriel’s eyes brightened the moment she spotted Enzo approaching. At the same time, thunder rumbled overhead, and a flash of lightning split the darkened sky, as if the heavens themselves were reacting to what was about to unfold. “There! That’s the shadow guard Gwen has been flirting with! She’s h
Lynn’s tears streamed down her cheeks for so many reasons at once. Gwen, the one she had always treated like a sister. And Vada, the one who had suffered in silence all these years.“Sothat’swhyyou’vebeen mistreating Vada all this time&
[Gwyneth] Different wolves arrived at the Auction House as I stood outside near the entrance. The Blackwood Pack was hosting this year’s event, which made obtaining a Blood Invitation Token easier than expected; it had come directly from Alpha Derrick’s own blood. “Isn’t this Gwen Valerius of the
“Divorce?!” My father’s voice thundered through the Council Hall, the grand chamber where he met with the pack’s most influential wolves, just like today. I was there as well, standing quietly in support of my sister. “Lynn, we cannot permit this,” Luna Rosalia said sharply from beside the Alpha







