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Penulis: Bella Fyre
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109

The roar of the fight still echoed in Kate’s bones, but the world around her had gone strangely still. Tyler’s arms held her upright, his chest heaving against her back, every breath hot with effort and relief.

She turned in his grip, pressing her forehead into his shoulder. He smelled of earth, sweat, and blood, but underneath it was the grounding, steady scent that had always anchored her.

For a long moment, neither of them spoke. It was as though words might crack the fragile silence that followed the storm. Finally, Tyler’s voice came, low and ragged. “You can’t…” He broke off, clutching her tighter. His jaw brushed her temple as if he was trying to hold her there by force alone. “You can’t keep doing that to me. Throwing yourself between it and…”

Kate tilted her head up, meeting his wild, burning eyes. “It was me it wanted, Tyler. It was always going to come for me.”

His hands trembled on her arms, not from weakness but from the brutal restraint of holding himself togeth
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    139 (Kathryn’s POV) The silence of the packhouse pressed in heavier than the forest outside. I lay curled on our bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to close my eyes. Every time I did, the visions came back of the faces of warriors, strangers and friends alike, their hopes, their griefs, their private wounds. None of it mine, yet all of it clinging to me. My stomach twisted. Not morning sickness this time, but something sharper, deeper. I couldn’t keep it in anymore. My chest heaved, and suddenly I was sitting up, gasping, shaking. “I can’t do this,” I whispered, too harsh in the stillness. My voice cracked. “Tyler, I can’t. I can’t keep seeing all of them. I can’t carry this and keep pretending I’m fine.” The lamp clicked on. Tyler was beside me instantly, his hand on my back, steady, grounding. His eyes, gold flickering faintly in the low light, searched for me like he could see every raw edge I was trying to hide. “Kate…” His voice was rough, low. “You don’t have to carry it

  • Lunar Lake   138

    138 (Kathryn’s POV) The fire in the hearth was burning low, shadows stretching across the walls of our room. I had been sitting cross-legged on the rug, stroking Cali as she purred in my lap, trying to clear the image of Darren’s execution from my head. The sound of bone snapping wouldn’t leave me. Tyler came in quietly, but the weight he carried filled the space before he spoke. He closed the door behind him, then leaned against it like he was bracing himself. I looked up. “You’ve been with Camerin.” He nodded once. “We’ve been… planning.” That pause was enough. My stomach dropped. “Planning what?” He came closer, crouching in front of me, his golden eyes searching mine. “Kate, Jaxson’s still inside our walls. Not in person but through his spies. We found two. That means there are more. And we can’t afford to miss them.” I stroked Cali harder, trying to keep my hands steady. “So what does this have to do with me?” His jaw flexed. For a moment, I thought he might try to softe

  • Lunar Lake   137

    137 (Tyler’s POV) Camerin moved fast once Kate named him. The third wolf in line Darren hadn’t even made it halfway through his patrol sweep before Camerin’s warriors intercepted him. By the time I arrived at the holding cells beneath the packhouse, Darren was already chained, his wrists raw from struggling against the silver cuffs. His eyes snapped to me the second I walked in, full of a defiance that didn’t match the sweat running down his temple. Kate trailed behind me, silent. I didn’t want her here, but she insisted. If she could see the visions, she said, she could see the truth when he spoke. I wasn’t sure if I hated or admired her resolve more. “Alpha.” Darren spat the word like a curse. “You’ve already decided I’m guilty. What’s the point?” I stepped close, letting Goliath rise just enough for my eyes to burn gold. His body jolted against the restraints, the wolf inside him cowering even if he refused to. “The point,” I said, voice low and deliberate, “is whether you wa

  • Lunar Lake   136

    136 (Tyler’s POV) Camerin shut the door behind us with a click, leaving the room cloaked in the heavy silence of secrecy. The table between us was scarred from years of use, maps spread across it, lines marking borders, arrows noting patrols. But right now, it wasn’t the land I was studying, it was the faces of my wolves. Ronan had been one of ours. Trusted. And he’d sold us out. Camerin leaned forward, arms braced on the table. “One down. But he wasn’t lying. There’s more. You know it. I know it. Hell, Jaxson probably made sure every piece of our structure has a crack.” I rubbed a hand down my face. “And the bastard always knows where we are, how we’re moving. He’s been feeding off us like a parasite. That ends now.” “Kate can help,” Camerin said. His tone was cautious, but there was no mistaking the respect in his eyes. “Her visions don’t lie. If she touches the right wolf, she’ll see what side they’re on.” I stiffened at that. “I won’t turn her into an executioner.” “I’m not

  • Lunar Lake   135

    135 (Kathryn’s POV) The air between us was heavy, too heavy, like the whole packhouse might crack under it. Tyler’s jaw was set, my chest was still heaving, and neither of us had moved an inch when Camerin finally cleared his throat. “Alright,” he said, voice low but steady. “Before you two decide whether to drag the entire pack through this argument, let me be the one to remind you what’s at stake.” We both turned, startled like we’d forgotten he was even in the room. Camerin leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, eyes sharp in that way that always cut through the noise. “If Kate’s going to do this, it’s not just about her risk. Every time she touches someone, every vision she sees, it’s going to ripple through the pack. Suspicions. Fear. Wolves turning on each other.” He shook his head. “You think a spy is dangerous? A pack divided is worse.” I swallowed hard. The reality in his words was cold, but true. “So what’s your point?” Tyler asked, his voice gruff. “My point is, you

  • Lunar Lake   134

    134 (Tyler’s POV) I’d suspected it for weeks. At first, I told myself it was a coincidence that Jaxson was just cunning, that he’d learned how to read the way we moved, the way we fought. But the pattern was too clean. Every raid. Every ambush. Every time I shifted warriors into position, Jaxson was waiting. He wasn’t guessing. Someone was telling him. I called a meeting, but not with all of them. Only Camerin, Micah, and two I trusted with my life since the first time they bled beside me. We gathered in the war room after nightfall, the door barred, guards outside with orders to keep everyone else out. “There’s a leak,” I said flatly. No preamble. “Jaxson doesn’t out maneuver me without help. He has eyes in this pack.” The silence was heavy, each of them exchanging tense glances. Camerin was the first to speak. “You want me to run the warriors through an interrogation line?” I shook my head. “No. Too obvious. The moment they feel pressure, whoever it is will bolt or worse, feed

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