LOGIN"Daddy rejected you." Luna said bluntly. "We know that part. We've heard whispers. We want to know what happened after." I took a breath. Told them. Told them about the rejection ceremony. About fleeing into the blizzard. About nearly dying. About finding Marcus. About building Shadow Creek while p
This was our pack family. Extended. Chosen. Built through years of showing up for each other. Built through surviving together. Built through choosing each other continuously. Marcus and Zara had finally mated two years ago. After years of dancing around their feelings. After Marcus had gotten over
Aurora was five. She was extraordinary in ways that still shocked me. The power Dr. Chen had predicted was accurate. Aurora was the strongest True Alpha born in centuries. Her control was perfect. Her awareness was unprecedented. Her abilities were developing faster than anyone could track. She coul
KAI POV Five years. Five years since the anniversary ceremony where we'd rewritten our history. Five years since Elara had chosen me again in front of everyone. Five years of building something that felt permanent instead of fragile. Five years of actually living instead of just surviving. I was s
"The Moon Goddess is pleased." She said. "Pleased with your healing. Pleased with your choice. Pleased with what you've built. And she has one more gift for you both." "Another gift?" Kai looked wary. "We already have everything. We're mated. We have our children. We have our pack. What else could
His tears were falling freely now. So were mine. So were half the pack's. We were all crying. All feeling the weight of this moment. All understanding what it meant to choose love after devastation. To choose hope after despair. To choose each other after everything that had tried to keep us apart.
ELARA POV I woke up the morning after kissing Kai and immediately regretted everything I'd said. Every confession. Every moment of weakness. The emergency Council summons sat on my nightstand like a death sentence, and here I was declaring love instead of focusing on keeping my children alive. "St
"I'm not trying to be fair." Dante stood. "I'm trying to save your children. And Elara, if you choose Kai, if you choose heart over strategy, I respect that. But don't expect me to stand by and watch the Council take those kids without a fight. If you won't accept my protection through mating, at le
He left with his entourage, the velvet box unopened. The second they were gone, Elara collapsed into a chair. "He proposed." She sounded dazed. "In front of everyone. With witnesses. That makes it official. Public." "Yeah." I sat beside her. "And every Alpha at the Summit will hear about it. Will
"I don't know." The honest answer. "But I need to know anyway. Need to understand what I'm protecting the twins from. What legacy they're inheriting." Iris was quiet for a long moment. Then she pulled out a small leather journal, worn with age. "This was your mother's." She handed it to me careful







