LOGINThis chapter was heavy to write. Aria standing beside Kai while carrying the truth she cannot speak felt painfully real to me. Love and betrayal don’t always come as clear choices, and I wanted you to feel her confusion, fear, and quiet heartbreak.
The game only grew more brutal after our second touchdown.Every play felt heavier now, faster, fueled by pure aggression as both teams slammed into each other across the field without holding anything back anymore. Mud streaked across jerseys, helmets cracked against shoulders, and the crowd scream
Kai.The whistle finally blew and the stadium erupted.The sound crashed over the field like thunder as both teams exploded into motion instantly. Cleats tore into the grass beneath us while the crowd screamed so loudly it became one giant blur of noise vibrating through my skull.“MOVE!”Ryder’s vo
The crowd screamed louder instantly.“After an undefeated regional season and one of the most aggressive playoff runs in Alpha’s Cup history, Ravencrest enters tonight’s finals looking stronger than ever!”Blue flames erupted across the giant screens behind us.“BUT standing in their way…”The stadi
Kai.The tunnel leading to the field vibrated with noise.Even from behind the walls, I could hear the stadium roaring above us, thousands of voices blending together into one deafening wave of excitement and aggression. The bright stadium lights spilled faintly into the tunnel entrance ahead while
“You don’t understand—”“No,” Tobias interrupted coldly. “You don’t.”His eyes dropped toward the words stretched across my chest.“Go cheer for your new pack.”Then they turned and disappeared into the crowd and a helpless frustration clawed through me.“They’ll listen eventually,” Lila whispered s
Aria.Lila and I left the room in silence.The tension between us had changed after the call with Alpha Elias. Before, there had still been uncertainty, confusion and even worse some tiny desperate hope that maybe this could still end peacefully somehow.Now all of that was gone.Something terrible
The iron lift groaned as I stepped inside, pulling the lever down hard. The old gears screeched, the sound grating through my skull. My heart was hammering so fast it almost hurt. I kept tapping my foot, impatient, anxious, desperate.Aria must have been terrified. She’d never been in a place like t
Aria.I woke up with my cheek pressed into something that smelled like clean soap, cedar, and Kai.It was warm.A thick duvet. A big mattress. The soft glow of the city lights seeping through the curtains and faint glow of the moon across the room.I blinked slowly, my eyes heavy. My body felt reste
Serena’s lips trembled, “...with Aria, you are different. I never get to see that part of you. You even went out of your way to defend her, almost severing the alliance between our packs. Does she mean that much to you?”Her voice cracked at the end, and I felt it, guilt crawling under my skin, pres
I felt my throat tighten. “But you’re okay?”She nodded. “They brought medicine. Real medicine. And the beds, the food… even clothes. The heating.”My father added, quieter, “They even let us wash properly.”I stared at them, my mind racing.My mother continued softly, “It happened recently. Only da







