LOGINEloise Hollowmere POV"I can allow your treacherous skin to remain in my sight, Julia, but if your wolf goes behind my back to betray my human flesh, your bloodline will bear the lethal consequences," I growl, leaning my plus-size body back against the leather trial chair.Julia lowers her head in a panic, her inner beast completely paralyzed by my sheer dominance."Hand me the binding scroll for the raw-skin exhibition," I command, my voice slicing through the cold air of the dressing den."What?" Julia gasps, her jaw dropping. She trembles as she reaches into her pack pouch to pull out the contract. She had spent the entire sunrise concocting traps to force my submission, yet my hand takes the parchment and signs my bloodline mark across the bottom without reading a single rune."Your lips are consenting to this exposing leather ritual? You haven't even scanned the binding terms..." Julia whispers, completely unable to decipher my human mind."Since Rowan and Meredith designed this
Eloise Hollowmere POV"The Alpha King's shadow scribe, Caedmon Frostfang, just delivered every single piece of dirt on this she-wolf Julia directly to my device," Elowyn howls with dark amusement, her tail thumping the floorboards of my private dressing den.I pause, a low hum vibrating in my human throat as I look up from my leather wraps. "Lucan truly rules the Moonsong Dominion with an iron claw. His scouting network operates with lethal speed.""Wow! The supreme pack leader of the Silverclaw Royal Pack does not play around," Elowyn laughs, shaking her head. "It is over for your heart, Eloise. You have fallen completely into his jaws. Look at your skin, your scent is practically dripping with mate-heat just thinking about his touch!""Silence, wolf," I murmur, my plus-size human frame heating up with instant embarrassment as I swat her shoulder. Before my fingers can trail back to my garments, a vicious frequency spikes through my communication stone from the wretched Moon Gift Gua
Eloise Hollowmere POV"Do not threaten my wolf like that, Eloise, I am exhausting my focus every single sunrise trying to find a way to shield your skin and our unborn pup," Rowan groans, sinking his claws into his hair as he pacifies Meredith inside her den.As desperately as his wolf craves the Hollowmere Moonfang Pack inheritance from Cedric, he realizes Meredith might be speaking the absolute truth. My father does not value my human presence at all. If Rowan abandons Meredith’s heat now, his inner beast will regret it for the rest of his cycles."Rowan, my scent trusts your alpha choice completely, and your wolf must believe in my devotion as well," Meredith whimpers with dark pleasure, wrapping her arms around his neck. "As long as our three bloodlines remain bound together, our claws can rip through any territory crisis."Rowan realizes this scandal cannot be easily buried. He shifts his weight onto her stone bench, his jaw tight. "My original plan was to secure your victory for
Eloise Hollowmere POV"The stench of Rowan's betrayal does not dull my human claws; it only sharpens my drive to dominate this sacred arena," I growl, wiping a fresh smudge of grease from my jaw as the recording crystals finally dim.My execution during the morning trials is completely flawless, capturing the raw tension of our pack war in two explosive takes. The surrounding show-wolves watch in absolute silence, unable to deny the fierce spirit inside my plus-size frame. During our midday recess, Elowyn rushes into my private tent, pressing a platter of sweet forest berries into my palms. "Devour these before the stylists paint your skin again, Eloise."When the trial energy takes over my body, I entirely lose track of the sun. Elowyn is always the one shielding my human vulnerability from the pack's prying noses."Thank you," I murmur, chewing the sweet flesh of a berry just as Elowyn slams her glowing communication stone onto the wooden table with a snarl. I blink in surprise. "Wh
Eloise Hollowmere POV"What do you want, you pathetic stray?" Elowyn snaps the moment she connects her communication stone, her lips pulling back to expose her teeth.If my human flesh were not currently bound by the sacred pack laws of the Silverhowl Bard Guild, she would have crushed the stone under her boot to block his scent entirely."You..." Rowan Blackthorn barks from the other side, his voice thick with suppressed alpha dominance. "Is Eloise still participating in the arena trials? Or has her human skin crawled back to her cave?""Of course my Eloise is dedicated to the Moon Mother's work," Elowyn sneers, her tail flicking with aggressive pride. "She does not behave like certain she-wolves who lack talent, spending their heat cycles dining and socializing with rogue lords. Oh, and relying entirely on their looks... though honestly, she doesn't even have those anymore.""I have no patience for your barking, low-ranking wolf," Rowan snarls. "Pass the communication stone to Elois
Eloise Hollowmere POV"Look at the pack network right now, Eloise, the memory crystals are causing a massive commotion across the entire territory," Elowyn laughs, sliding the glowing scroll onto my lap.I look down, my breath hitching as the raw footage plays. "She really thinks she can hide her scent from the elders.""Rowan is clearly a two-timing dog," Elowyn sneers, her tail flicking with dark joy. "Every wolf in the Moonsong Dominion sees Meredith for the desperate, home-wrecking she-wolf she truly is, and she clearly does it of her own free will.""Her pure image is reduced to shreds," a warrior barks down the hallway."She used Eloise to pass the trials and then tried to hunt her down, this manipulative bitch has no respect!" another wolf growls in disgust."I hear she arranged for her followers to cause trouble for the guild and harm the human!" a third voice echoes outside."Forget about supporting her, I am not wasting my time on a stray," the pack members mutter, while man







