LOGINOn the other hand, Kaira was called by the Alpha. She came back from the hospital and got the message that the Alpha was calling her. After eating a snack, she changed into her casual clothes and came out of her house.
A very warm smile spread on her face watching the little pups playing games. They waved at her and smiled looking at her, she waved back. After walking for twenty minutes in this beautiful and peaceful territory. She stopped in front of the pack house. The house of the Alpha, his family, and some superior advisors of the Alpha. Kaira took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Kaira, come in…" She heard the familiar voice. Kaira turned the doorknob and with a smile on her face, she opened the door, walked inside, crossed the doorway, and saw her father sitting in the lounge, Beta Lucas was sitting on the sofa working on some papers. She came and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hello, Dad!" She greeted him. "My beautiful, good evening, how was your day?" Her father asked her with the same warm smile and grabbed her hands. Kaira came and sat beside him. "Dad, it was fine, because I am leaving the hospital in two days, Dr Timothy is not giving me much work." She told him the details. Beta Lucas nodded his head. "Hmm, next time when my daughter comes back to the pack. She will be a doctor. Kaira, I am so proud of you." Beta said and kissed the side of her head. She smiled. "Thank you, Dad, it is all because of your support. I love you, Dad!" She said in a polite tone. He hummed. "I will miss you, Kaira..." He said. Kaira saw the worry and sadness in his eyes. "Dad, I will miss you too, but please don't be sad. Your daughter can take care of herself." She assured him. "That I know..." Beta said and kissed her forehead. "Take care of yourself." He said. "Evil eyes off, I didn't want to interrupt this moment. But my young warrior and my daughter are here…" Kaira heard a voice from her back, she turned around to see Alpha Farris standing in the hallway. A proud look on his face. Kaira smiled, she got up and went towards him. She bowed to him. "Good evening, Alpha, I got your message." She said then looked at him. He smiled and Alpha Farris grabbed her hands in a fatherly manner. "I told you many times not to bow in front of me, you are my daughter and I know you respect me so much, it is not important.” He said. "Alpha, I know that, but I like to do it. You will always be my Alpha and my Mentor.” She said with such politeness and respect. “Haha, okay, come sit with me, I want to discuss something with you,” He said. She nodded her head. They both walked back towards the sofa and sat opposite each other. "Kaira, when will you leave for the city?” He asked. "In two days, Alpha, my classes have already started, but I wanted to complete my work here, so I stayed a little longer..." She said, Alpha nodded his head. “Kaira, I heard that you were looking for a hostel room?” He asked. A blush came upon her face. She nodded her head. “But, we have a Pack House there, you can go live there…” He said said. Kaira took a deep breath. “Alpha, Dad also advised me that, but I don’t want to disturb Luna or anyone else… And I want some personal space.” Kaira said. Alpha Farris thought about it for a second. "Kaira, I want you to be in the pack house. I have my reasons, it is for your safety. I am going to tell you the exact reason, and I want you to live closer to the pack members.” Alpha Farris said. Kaira looked into his eyes, there was something that they were worried about... "Okay, Alpha, I will not worry you or Dad, I will go live with Luna, don’t worry, and what is it that you both are hiding from me?” She questioned without any hesitation. Alpha Farris and Beta Lucas exchanged looks. “Kaira, we are going to tell you, listen carefully to what Alpha is saying...” Beta said. And she understood his stares. “Kaira, now you are going there, I know you will work hard and study well. But we have a favor to ask you…” Alpha Farris said, looking towards Beta Lucas. “Alpha, Dad, you both don’t have to request, you can order me.” She laughed. Alpha Farris told her what was going on and what she had to do… They both explained everything. At first, her expression went pale but then she thought about it. “Alpha, I will try my best…” She smiled. "Be careful, okay?" Beta Lucas said in worry. "Yes, Dad, don't worry." She smiled. “Don’t hesitate if you have to use force or if anyone tries to harm you. I am permitting you to break their jaw. I will handle all the matters afterward.” Alpha Farris said. She laughed. "Haha, okay…” She said, "And please kick some sense into my son's head. Look after him and I need details on everything he is doing, Kaira I know it is too much. But I know you always fulfill your responsibility." Alpha Farris had all the trust in her, she smiled and nodded. "I will try my best..." “Now, both of you please excuse me. I have to pack.” She said and got up. They both gave her permission to go. “Kaira, I have told Darren to pick you up from the airport. So, don’t worry.” Alpha Farris said. And she just didn’t retort that his son would never come to pick her up. And she didn’t want to see his face or go with him to the house. She could manage it by herself, that stupid boy would always be trouble for Kaira. She just nodded and walked out of the hall and then out of the pack house.Darren ran until his lungs burned and his legs shook, and then he kept running, because stopping meant thinking, and thinking meant remembering that he could not remember.The forest blurred past in the pale grey light, wet branches whipping his face, roots catching at his boots. He had shifted somewhere near the northern river, unable to bear the shape of his own hands, and now the ground fell away beneath four paws, faster and lower, the cold air tearing through his fur. It did not help. Nothing about the wolf's body could outrun what lived inside it.*You are wasting your breath,* the entity murmured, patient and amused. *There is nowhere you can go that I will not follow.*He did not answer. He did not have the strength to.By the time the sun cleared the mountains, River Shine's borders lay far behind him, and the last familiar scent had thinned to nothing. Darren staggered to a stop beside a shallow stream, shifted back, and dropped to his knees in the mud, his whole body shakin
The pack learned that its Alpha was gone before noon. Kaira had tried to stop it. She had stood on the training grounds with her father's hand on her shoulder and Alpha Farris's voice shaking with a fear he could not disguise, and she had said, in a voice so level it frightened her, that Darren had gone to clear his head and would return soon. It was the sort of lie Luna told to keep a pack from panicking. It lasted about an hour. By afternoon, scouts had followed his scent to the northern tree line and lost it in the river. By evening, Farris had sent riders in three directions and closed himself in the war room with Lucas, and the warriors who passed Kaira in the corridors lowered their eyes with a careful, pitying courtesy that scraped against her raw nerves more than open questions would have. She did what she had always done. She worked. She reviewed patrol schedules she had already reviewed. She signed supply orders. She sat with the healers and heard reports and gave instru
The hand that rose toward Kaira's face was not gentle. She saw it coming in the split second before it closed around her throat, and years of training took over where fear threatened to freeze her entirely. She dropped low, slipping beneath his grip and driving her shoulder into his ribs, the impact jarring through her whole body as though she'd struck a stone wall. Darren staggered back a single step. Then he smiled. "Good," the darkness said, his voice layered with something cold and hollow. "You're not going to be boring about this." "Darren, stop!" Kaira scrambled to her feet, putting the heavy oak table between them, her breath coming in shallow, controlled bursts. "This isn't you!" "You keep saying that." He circled slowly, and every movement was wrong, too fluid, too patient, like a predator savoring the moment before the strike. "He has spent twenty years believing he is the villain of his own story, Kaira. I'm only giving him what he has always feared he deserved." He lu
The pack settled into a new rhythm over the following weeks, one Kaira found herself grateful for despite the exhaustion that came with fully stepping into her role as Luna. Alongside Darren, she oversaw the pack's continued recovery — resolving disputes among warriors still adjusting to peacetime routines, coordinating with the healers on long-term care for those most severely wounded during the war, and slowly, carefully, rebuilding the trade relationships that had suffered during months of conflict.Darren proved, to the quiet astonishment of many older warriors who remembered his reckless youth, a genuinely capable Alpha. He led council meetings with a patience and clarity that surprised even Kaira some days, listening carefully to every perspective before making decisions with a confidence that had nothing to do with the arrogance he'd once worn like armor. He visited the wounded personally, spent time training alongside the newest warriors instead of simply overseeing from a dis
The pack granted its newly bonded Alpha and Luna a week of respite before the demands of leadership fully claimed them, a tradition older than River Shine's written records, and Darren found himself grateful for it in ways he hadn't expected. He had spent so many years bracing against every quiet moment, waiting for his own darkness to shatter whatever peace he managed to build, that the simple, uninterrupted pleasure of days spent entirely beside Kaira felt almost foreign to him — a gift he wasn't yet certain he knew how to fully accept.They spent the first few days simply rediscovering each other, away from the weight of duty and war and the careful public composure both had maintained for years. Kaira taught him the names of wildflowers along the riverbank she used to visit as a child, the same river they'd once walked beside together before everything between them had gone wrong. Darren, in turn, showed her the hidden alcove in the northern woods where he used to escape as a boy
The ceremony was set for the night of the full moon, three weeks after Darren told his father he had changed his mind — three weeks that passed, for Kaira, in a strange, suspended blur of preparation and disbelief that any of this was actually happening.She had never imagined a life as Luna. For years, she had built her identity around being useful in smaller, more concrete ways — commander, protector, the warrior everyone trusted to solve problems no one else could untangle. Luna had always felt like someone else's story, a role reserved for women who hadn't spent their childhoods learning to bury their feelings simply to survive them.And yet here she stood, in a gown the color of moonlight, her hands trembling slightly as her father adjusted the fabric at her shoulders with the same careful attention he'd given every important moment of her life."You look like your mother," Lucas said quietly, his voice thick with an emotion he rarely let show so plainly. "She would have been so
Kaira was relieved that she could now face Darren without any fear. A smile came upon her face as she thought about the shocking expression that was on that arrogant boy's face when she gave him a beat. It was all because of her continued training over the years. She was very intelligent, but now
Darren paced back and forth in his room, frustration and anger coursing through his veins. The news he had just received from his father left him in shock. He couldn't believe what he had heard. That girl is coming to live in their pack. Darren's mind raced with conflicting emotions. The thought
Not only Kaira, but everyone in the pack had suffered because of him. Darren had made life miserable for those around him. He was a bully—always looking for an excuse to start a fight, always ready to prove his dominance, and being the Alpha’s son gave him a sense of untouchable power, and he used i
In the hope of a new beginning, she hoped for something good, something that finally gave her peace. Kaira Moon wanted to start a new life, a new journey where she could live freely and happily, without the weight of responsibilities and expectations pressed down on her. It was not her age to carr







