FAZER LOGINAuthor’s POVCold water splashed across Isyra’s face. She jerked violently, gasping as consciousness slammed back into her body. For one brief, foolish second, confusion clouded her mind. The bright lights above her blurred together while ringing filled her ears.Then reality returned. The ceremonial hall, the crowd, the healers and elders dragged in. Michael exposing her and her father and their plots. Henry publicly pulling away from her.A soft whimper escaped her throat before she could stop it.“Easy,” a healer muttered beside her.Isyra blinked rapidly as her vision cleared. She was no longer standing beside Henry at the altar. Someone had laid her across one of the ceremonial couches near the platform after she fainted.And the entire hall was still there. Nobody had left.The realization crashed into her chest so hard it nearly made her dizzy again.Hundreds of eyes were staring at her. Not admiring like usual. Not envious either. They were all watching and judging and whisper
Author’s POVThe ceremonial hall exploded into noise. Gasps rippled violently through the crowd the moment Michael’s voice rang across the room.“Stop the ceremony at once.”The chained guards were dragged farther into the hall, bruised and bloodied beneath the harsh candlelight. Their ankles scraped against the polished floor as armed wolves forced them forward toward the center aisle.The music had stopped completely. Silence no longer existed in the room. Panic and confusion spread like wildfire instead.“What is happening?”“Why are they dragging those men in here?”“It’s the Luna’s ceremony for Moon goddess’ sake. What is Gamma Michael doing?”At the altar, Isyra felt the world tilt beneath her feet.Cold terror shot through her body so fast it nearly stole her breath entirely. For one horrifying moment, she could not hear anything except the violent pounding of blood inside her ears.No.No.No.This was not happening. Not today of all days.Beside her, Henry stood motionless. H
Author’s POVThe reaction was immediate. Gasps spread softly through the crowd while whispers erupted almost instinctively. The silver-threaded ceremonial gown shimmered beneath candlelight with every step she took while the long train flowed behind her elegantly like moonlight itself.She looked breathtaking, regal and untouchable.For one beautiful moment, Isyra forgot every fear she carried. The entire hall was staring at her. Admiring her. Exactly as they should.Her gaze instinctively searched for Elder Monroe first.The moment their eyes met, his entire face lit up. Pride shone so fiercely in his eyes it almost made Isyra emotional again. He looked at her like she had already placed the crown directly into his hands.And perhaps she had. He gave her the smallest nod, but the meaning behind it was enormous.You did it.Years of plotting. Manipulation. Patience. And now his daughter stood only moments away from becoming Luna of one of the strongest packs in the territory.The sigh
Author’s POV The ceremonial hall glowed beneath silver light. Hundreds of candles flickered against towering stone walls carved with ancient pack symbols while soft ceremonial music drifted through the massive space like a living thing. White flowers lined the long aisle leading toward the elevated ceremonial platform where the Alpha and future Luna would stand before the entire pack. Everything had been arranged perfectly. Rows upon rows of pack members filled the hall, dressed in formal colors beneath the watchful eyes of armed guards stationed discreetly along the walls. Elders occupied the front seats closest to the platform while important families whispered quietly amongst themselves. Yet beneath the beauty and celebration, tension coiled tightly through the room. It lived in the silence that followed certain names. In the way conversations stopped whenever Elder Monroe walked past. Tonight, he looked magnificent. His ceremonial robes were deep navy trimmed with silver, ev
Author’s POVThe entire pack house was alive with noise.Servants rushed through the corridors carrying trays of jewelry, ceremonial cloths, flowers and silver bowls filled with sacred oils. Guards stood at every entrance dressed in formal black uniforms marked with the Alpha’s crest while voices echoed endlessly from room to room.Outside, the pack grounds had been transformed overnight. White banners bearing the Alpha bloodline symbol hung from pillars and balconies. Fresh flowers lined the pathways leading toward the ceremonial hall. Music drifted softly through the air from the musicians gathered below.Everything looked beautiful and perfect. And yet inside the dressing chambers prepared for the future Luna, tension stretched so tightly it felt ready to snap.“Where is it?”Isyra’s sharp voice cracked through the room like a whip. The maids jumped immediately.“The silver hair clip Henry gave me for my eighteenth birthday,” she snapped again, rising abruptly from her chair. “Wher
Author’s POVThe office fell silent the moment Isyra left. She had walked out with a noticeable lightness in her steps, convinced she had successfully manipulated Henry into believing Madam Joyce and Lysera were working together to destroy her reputation. Convinced she had turned his anger toward them and pulled him back onto her side once again.Henry remained standing where she had left him, his eyes fixed on the closed door long after the sound of her footsteps disappeared down the hallway.The room suddenly felt too quiet.Slowly, Henry exhaled and dragged a hand down his face before turning toward his desk again. The papers scattered across it blurred together meaninglessly now. His mind was elsewhere entirely.On Isyra, Madam Joyce and on Lysera. And on the mess growing larger around all of them.Henry lowered himself back into his chair slowly, his gaze hardening little by little as he replayed everything Isyra had just told him.The guards had been found. That part was true. N
Author’s POVThe room was thick with perfume, heat, and restrained fury.Isyra stood at the center of her chambers while two maids fluttered around her, fastening the last hooks of her gown and smoothing invisible creases that did not exist. Silk slid over her skin like a second layer of armor—deep
LyseraI snapped awake to screaming.Not the kind that belonged to nightmares or memory, but real—raw, panicked, echoing through stone and corridors like a warning bell rung too hard, too fast.“Maids! Healers! Someone come—now! The alpha is drying!”Harlow’s voice.My heart slammed against my ribs
Author’s POVThe visiting Alpha arrived just before dusk, his presence announced long before his footsteps ever crossed into the pack house.There was a shift in the air when another Alpha entered foreign territory—an instinctive tightening, a low hum of awareness that ran through the guards and se
Author’s POVHenry stood ankle-deep in water.The lake was small and shallow, the surface barely disturbed except for the faint ripples spreading out from where he stood. The water was cold enough to bite, but not enough to hurt. Pale reeds ringed the edges, bending slightly as though moved by a br







