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 spent the first hour after the planning session updating my will. Sat at my desk with legal documents and tried to figure out how to distribute my life if I died tonight. Shadow Creek went to Marcus as acting Alpha until the twins came of age. The twins themselves went to Elder Iris for
KAI POV I walked into Elara's office to find her sitting across from a woman who looked like she'd been through a war and come out the other side angrier for it. Scarred face, missing eye, hands that never stopped moving like she was constantly ready for a fight. Every instinct I had screamed dange
"He's not going to take that well." Marcus warned. "Dante doesn't handle rejection gracefully." "Then he'll learn." Elara's voice went hard. "Because I'm done making decisions based on what males want. Done choosing safe over right. The twins are right. We fight together as a family or we don't fig
"It's the truth." I put the phone away. "And Marcus, if I survive tonight, I'll delete this video and we'll never speak of it again. But if I don't, at least they'll know I was thinking of them. That I fought for them." "They'd rather have their mother." He moved to the door. "But I'll make sure th







