Mag-log inFauz’s POVThe pack felt wrong without her.Too quiet.Too empty.Too… still.Three days passed.Or maybe four.I stopped counting.Sleep never came. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her falling again — her body disappearing beyond the cliff, her scream echoing in my skull. I would jolt awake, claws half-formed, breath ragged, heart racing.The bond remained.Weak.Distant.Alive.That was the only thing keeping me from tearing the mountains apart myself.I hadn’t left the pack lands since returning, but that didn’t mean I was still.I prowled.From the gates to the training grounds.From the training grounds to the border towers.From the towers to the cells.Back again.Again.Again.The warriors avoided my path. Omegas lowered their heads and scattered when I passed. Even the Betas spoke in hushed tones. My aura leaked constantly, heavy and unstable, pressing down on everyone.I snapped at everything.A guard who hesitated at the gate.A soldier who reported late.A scout who ret
Fauz’s POV“Nora!”My voice tore through the forest again, raw and hoarse. Birds scattered violently from the treetops, but no answer came back. No movement. No scent.Nothing.I pushed forward through the undergrowth, branches snapping against my shoulders. My boots slid over loose earth as I followed what little instinct remained in the bond.It pulsed.Faint.Distant.Alive.But slipping farther away.I stopped abruptly, breathing hard. My chest rose and fell like I had run for miles, but I refused to slow. I scanned the ground again — no blood, no broken shrubs, no tracks. Whoever took her knew what they were doing.They erased everything.Rage clawed up my throat.“Nora!” I roared again.Only the wind answered.My wolf slammed against my ribs, restless, violent, desperate. He wanted to shift. To run. To hunt. But the terrain was wrong — rocky slopes, scattered cliffs, too dangerous for speed.I kept moving.Hours blurred.I climbed ridges.I descended ravines.I crossed dry river
Nora’s POVThe world spun.Air tore past me as my body tumbled down the cliff, rock scraping against my arms, my back, my legs. Pain exploded everywhere at once. My fingers clawed at nothing but loose gravel.I tried to shift.I tried to call my wolf.But terror shattered my focus.A jagged rock slammed into my side and knocked the breath from my lungs. My vision blurred. My body rolled again, faster, then—Impact.Everything stopped.For a moment, there was nothing. No sound. No pain. Just darkness pressing in from all sides.Then agony returned all at once.A broken gasp tore from my throat. My chest burned. My head throbbed violently. My right leg refused to move. Warm liquid slid down my temple into my eye.Blood.I blinked, trying to see.The sky above me looked far away, framed by sharp rocks and dry shrubs. The fall… I had fallen far. Too far.“F… Fauz…” I whispered, but my voice came out as air.The bond flickered weakly. Distant. Faint. He was alive. Close… but not close enou
Fauz’s POV“Recall everyone!” I thundered.The command rippled through the woods. Horns sounded from different points along the cliff. Men began emerging from the slopes, abandoning the search and gathering toward us.I didn’t move. My eyes remained fixed on the broken shrubs. When the last of the men gathered, I faced them.“Listen,” I said, and every head bowed.“This is no longer a rescue operation.This is a breach of the territory. It's an act of war, an attack on the Luna, an attack on me.” My aura flared, pressing down on them.“We are shutting everything down.” I said, looking them in the eyes.“No entry and no exit in and out of the packlands. No patrols leave the borders. No trader enters. Seal the gates! Lock down the pack lands! Tighten the security.”“Yes, Alpha!”“I want eyes on every road, every mountain pass, and even the secret and forbidden paths!”“Yes, Alpha!”“No one enters without my permission. No one leaves without my permission.”The men roared in agreement.I
Fauz's POVI disregarded Gaius and walked slowly towards the edge of the cliff. My boots reached the edge, and I looked down. There was nothing, just jagged stones far below.The bond pulled again faintly. Relief crashed into me and my knees nearly buckled. “She’s alive…”“Alpha!” Gaius’ voice came from behind. I gripped the hilt of my sword, and flipped it out of its sheath as I turned around.I lowered my sword, aiming for Gaius' neck. He gasped in fear and fell to his knees.“My Alpha!” He shook.“What have you done!” I thundered.“I have failed you!” He trembled.Failed me? This was more than failing to save the Luna! He orchestrated the ambush! I pressed the sword deeper against his neck, blood dripped and I pressed harder.“ I sent you here to man the front. Where were you?! I thundered. He remained silent and unfazed. Confusion and wariness sliacross his face. But I did not give room for doubt. I will prove his betrayal but not here, not now.I withdrew the sword from his neck
Fauz's POV My horse galloped hard beneath me, its hooves struck the earth with repeated thud. Wind tore past my face as I rode through the outer plains, but I did not slow down. Every second lost felt like Nora would slip beyond my reach.Why did I stall? I should have gone to her when I sent the healer earlier. I had thought I could wait until nightfall, but I couldn't. I was restless and my face was restless too. I couldn't stop thinking that I was the one who made her fall sick. “She is sick because of the cold palace,” the words continued to bang through my head as the horse galloped.Finally, I was doing the needful. I have removed her from the cold palace and I am going to meet her, I muttered to myself.Thinking about her, a strange calm spread across my chest. I wide grin cut across my face and I pulled the reins harder.I had just covered a few more grounds when a searing pain ripped through my heart. The bond snapped, and pain exploded through my chest.I jerked violently i
Fauz’s POVThe sacred rites of the Moonlight Festival had ended and the courtyard was alive with feasting. Elders shared Pack’s stories. Visiting dignitaries exchanged greetings while they wine and dine. Alpha Mark was also around, we finalised our alliance over glasses of wine.The moment the fin
Nora’s POVThe final pin slid into my hair. “There,” one of the maids said softly.I stared at my reflection in the polished bronze mirror before me. For a moment, I barely recognized the woman staring back.My dark hair had been woven into an intricate crown of braids, threaded with tiny silver wo
Nora’s POV“My Lady.”Rya’s voice pulled me gently from sleep.My eyes opened slowly. I stretched beneath the covers and glanced toward the window. The sky was still dark, dawn had not yet claimed the horizon.Another knock followed.“My Lady,” she called again, urgency obvious in her tone.I rose
Nora's POVThe knock came again, and I pushed myself upright slowly.“Enter.”Rya stepped in first, bowing, and behind her stood one of the Grand Luna’s personal maids holding a folded parchment sealed with the royal crest.My pulse quickened.“A response from Her Highness,” the maid announced with







