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A Choice for Peace

Author: S.J. RAE
last update publish date: 2026-04-06 20:53:49

“No.” I stared at the tablet. At the coordinates. As proof that we hadn’t ended anything. “We destroyed them. We freed everyone. We won.”

“We destroyed one branch. Freed one group. Won one battle.” Tessa’s voice was quiet. Apologetic. “But the Collective is bigger than Nightshade. Bigger than Project Genesis. It’s an idea. A philosophy. And ideas don’t die when you kill the people who believe them.”

Lycian took the tablet. Studied the message. His jaw tightened. “How many facilities? How many m
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    The estate looked different. Fortified. Guards on every entrance. Weapons stockpiled, the pack is preparing for war.Clara met us at the door. She hugged me tight. Too tight. Like she was afraid I’d disappear again. “Thank god you’re back. We need you. Things are bad. Really bad.”“What happened? Tessa said there was a threat but didn’t give details.” I followed her inside where the whole pack had gathered. Faces grim. Scared. Determined.Damien stepped forward. “Two days ago, we intercepted Collective communications. They’re mobilizing. Every remaining facility. Every hidden cell. Every sleeper agent. All converging on one target.”“Let me guess. Me.” I sat. Exhausted already.“Eliminate you. Completely. Permanently.” Tessa pulled up intel on screens. “After you purified Project Genesis. After you destroyed the command center. The remaining leaders decided you’re too dangerous to exist. They’re coming to end you. And anyone who protects you.”Lycian’s hand found mine. “How many?”“Fi

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    A Choice for Peace

    “No.” I stared at the tablet. At the coordinates. As proof that we hadn’t ended anything. “We destroyed them. We freed everyone. We won.”“We destroyed one branch. Freed one group. Won one battle.” Tessa’s voice was quiet. Apologetic. “But the Collective is bigger than Nightshade. Bigger than Project Genesis. It’s an idea. A philosophy. And ideas don’t die when you kill the people who believe them.”Lycian took the tablet. Studied the message. His jaw tightened. “How many facilities? How many more prisoners?”“I don’t know. This message came from someone using Collective encryption. Someone who knows I’m purified. Someone is reaching out. Either to recruit me back or to warn me they’re continuing without me.” She wrapped her arms around herself. “I thought destroying the command center would be enough. I was wrong.”“Then we keep fighting. We find every facility. Free every prisoner. Destroy every operation until there’s nothing left.” I reached for the tablet. “Where are these coordi

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Silver Light Rising

    I was dying. I knew this with absolute certainty. The wound in my chest is too severe. The blood loss is too great. The darkness is too close.I felt Lycian’s agony. I felt him pouring everything into me. His life force. His wolf. His soul. Trying to keep me tethered. Trying to keep me here.Let go, I thought weakly. Save yourself. Don’t die with me.Never. We’re bonded. We’re mated. We die together or not at all. His presence wrapped around mine. Fierce. Absolute. I’m not losing you. Fight. Please fight.But I had nothing left to fight with. Nothing left to give. Just fading consciousness and the weight of too many losses.My mother died to save my father. Gone before I could really know her.Elena died to save me. My sister sacrificed herself without hesitation.And soon me, I’d be dead byNightshade’s weapon. To Tessa’s revenge. To everything we’d failed to stop.Then warmth spread through my chest. Not Lycian’s power. Something else. Something silver. Something pure.My wolf stirre

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Final Infiltration

    The command center looked like a fortress. Steel and concrete rising from the mountain. No windows. No obvious entrances. Just smooth walls and guard towers every fifty feet.“That’s where Nightshade is?” Damien stared through binoculars. “It’s massive. How many people does she have inside?”“Hundreds. Maybe thousands.” My father studied schematics on a tablet. “But most are support staff. Scientists. Technicians. The actual guard force is maybe two hundred. Still significant. Still dangerous.”“Can we infiltrate without triggering alarms?” Elena checked her weapons. “Because if we alert them before deploying the virus, they’ll initiate early activation. We lose everything.”“There’s a maintenance tunnel. Eastern side. Used for waste disposal and supply deliveries.” My mother zoomed in on the blueprints. “Minimal security. Guards check it twice daily. The next check is in four hours. That’s our window.”“Four hours to infiltrate. Find the central hub. Deploy the virus. Escape before a

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Regrouping and Revelation

    “Another facility.” I stared at the dead phone. At the proof that we’d accomplished nothing. “She’s been playing us this whole time. Letting us think we were winning while the real operation continued somewhere else.”My mother touched my shoulder. Her hand is warm. Real. Alive. “Elowen. Look at me. What you did today matters. You freed hundreds of people. You saved your father and me. You dealt a massive blow to the Collective. That’s nothing.”“But it’s not enough. Not if she has another facility. Another army. Another way to activate Project Genesis.” I looked at Lycian. At the exhaustion in his eyes. “We’re always one step behind. Always reacting instead of acting. How do we win a war we can’t even see coming?”“We stop fighting her war. We start fighting ours.” He pulled me close. “We have something Nightshade doesn’t. Something she can’t replicate or counter.”“What? Because right now it feels like she has everything. Resources. Intelligence. An army waiting to activate. We have

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Purifying the Past

    “Mom, stop. Please. It’s me. It’s Elowen.” I backed away as she advanced. Her eyes flat. Empty. Nothing of the woman who’d birthed me was visible in that mechanical stare.“Target identified. Moonsilver threat. Eliminate.” Her hand reached for my throat. Fast. Trained. Deadly.Lycian caught her wrist. Held her back. “We need to restrain them. Before they hurt someone. Before they hurt you.”“No. I can fix this. I can purify the programming. Like I did with Elena. Like I did with the enhanced wolves.” I reached for my power. For the silver light. Found nothing. The suppression drug was still blocking everything that made me Moonsilver.My father moved. Silent. Efficient. Grabbed a scalpel and lunged at me.Elena intercepted. Her elbow struck his temple. He dropped unconscious. The scalpel clattered to the floor.“They’re too far gone,” Elena said. Breathing hard. “Twenty-two years of conditioning. You can’t undo that.”“I have to try. They’re my parents.” I knelt beside him. Touched hi

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Message

    I woke to voices. Low. Tense. Coming from the living room.My hands throbbed. My ankle ached. Everything hurt worse than when I’d fallen asleep. The medication had worn off.Through the bond, I felt Lycian’s stress. Sharp and jagged. He was trying to keep it from me but failing.I sat up slowly. Wi

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Test

    Councilman Richard Sterling. Mid-fifties. Silver hair. Cold blue eyes that had never looked at me with anything but contempt.He was the one. Had to be.I forced myself to stay calm. To walk to the desk. To sit down like nothing was wrong.Thaddeus sat at the center of the council table. His expres

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Promise

    I showed Lycian the message without a word.His jaw clenched. Gold bled into his eyes. Through the bond, I felt his wolf surge. Furious. Protective. Ready to hunt.“We’re leaving,” he said. Voice tight. “Tonight. The beach trip. We’re going now.”“We can’t run from this.”“It’s not running. It’s re

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Unexpected Ally

    The next two weeks crawled by.Every day felt the same. Wake up. Study pack history. Change bandages. Study more. Cade is following me everywhere. Lycian hovering. The constant weight of being watched. Protected. Threatened.My hands healed slowly. The stitches came out after ten days. The burns fa

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