로그인~~~Larry’s POVStanding still on the entrance of the mansion, I watched as Anya's footsteps gradually faded down the hallway that stretched towards their room. I watched as Serena led her away, with Talia who was following right behind them.Never for once did my eyes let go of her, I simply remained there, watching until they all disappeared completely from my sight.Then I finally turned my attention back to the three elders who were still here before the mansion's entrance. I turned towards elder Bram and Sam who stood quietly from behind, neither of them looked eager to say a thing at the moment. Their silence didn't surprise me, not at all. If anything, it made me more cautious at this point. Trust elder Siama, she was the one who finally broke that silence between us. “Larry, there is something we really need to—” “Better off inside,” my voice cut her mid-sentence before I gestured towards the direction of the main building in the mansion.Honestly, I have no intention of hav
~~~Anya’s POV“I had known Larry for a long time, during that time when he was still that Alpha Larry — the billionaire Alpha of Shadowmoon Pack,” she said, a low chuckle escaping her mouth after the words.I waited, my eyes twisted tight at her words. This practically meant that Serena had known Larry as Alpha Larry, and even before everything changed. Talia and I remained standing, waiting for Serena to actually continue. “During the period when I'd known Larry, you see those two elders called Bram and Sam in this pack? They have always been around him, and you'll think they're very obsessed with their Alpha. From the outside, they looked completely respectable, calm, wise, and traditional.” She paused a bit, taking another gulp on her drink before she continued. “They were the kind of elders everyone would naturally trust without forcing a thing called doubt. But you know one thing? Even at that, Larry never trusted them, he just knew something was off with them,” she added. “B
~~~Anya’s POV“I had known Larry for a long time, during that time when he was still that Alpha Larry — the billionaire Alpha of Shadowmoon Pack,” she said, a low chuckle escaping her mouth after the words.I waited, my eyes twisted tight at her words. This practically meant that Serena had known Larry as Alpha Larry, and even before everything changed. Talia and I remained standing, waiting for Serena to actually continue. “During the period when I'd known Larry, you see those two elders called Bram and Sam in this pack? They have always been around him, and you'll think they're very obsessed with their Alpha. From the outside, they looked completely respectable, calm, wise, and traditional.” She paused a bit, taking another gulp on her drink before she continued. “They were the kind of elders everyone would naturally trust without forcing a thing called doubt. But you know one thing? Even at that, Larry never trusted them, he just knew something was off with them,” she added. “B
~~~Anya’s POV Maybe elder Marta was already deciding that she'll keep me in the infirmary forever, and yeah, I was very okay with that. The thought of that alone made a small smile pull at my lips as I walked towards the mansion with Talia, Serena, Rowan and Larry. I just couldn't stop thinking about everything that elder Marta had shown me today — from the herbs, and then the patients, then the work she had somehow trusted me with. For the first time in my whole life, I simply had something that I could call mine. Something I hadn't been given because of my past or because of Larry himself. That happiness was still doubling in me before the mansion came into view. But then, I noticed something else… Elder Bram, Elder Sam, and a familiar female elder who stood just near the entrance of the mansion. This felt… new. Because since coming here, I hadn't seen elders moving to the mansion itself, because that was where Larry had been. But now, they were here, and something about the
~~~Larry’s POVThe conversation around me continued, but my attention remained quiet around then as I listened to all of them while they exchanged remarks. Anya had become that thread that connected all of us here who couldn't have been more different.Talia stood there with her constant protectiveness, Serena on the other hand was just there with her easy-going nature. And Rowan, he remained with his steady loyalty. And me, standing just a few feet away from all of them, calmly watching and listening while I slowly realized how much I had somehow become just as invested in Anya as the rest of them were. At some point, this place had stopped being a place that was meant to keep Anya from whatever could harm her. Without anyone announcing it, we had gradually become the people who were there for one another too.In Shadowmoon, Anya had just found people who would protect her, she had given all of us a reason to stay really close. Time dragged on over and over again as we remained w
~~~Larry’s POVOne specific thought still lingered in my mind… that moment when elder Bram and elder Sam had walked towards us in that gathering. And the fact that they suddenly approached us with some request for a formal meeting with Anya, because even seeing them alone before that actual request, I had already known what kind of meeting it could eventually become. They had come to us, their words had sounded respectful enough towards Anya and I back there, but I knew better than to trust the calmness edged on that surface. And then that morning, the gathering with the elders had really confirmed my concerns. Most of the elders around the table had acted normal… some were warm, they had welcomed Anya without making her feel like an outsider to the pack. And a few of them had even looked genuinely pleased to have her among the wolves of the pack. But trust Bram and Sam. Theirs had always been different amongst all the elders. From the very moment they had approached us that even
~~~Anya~~~The next morning felt colder than usual. It wasn't because of the weather, but because of the place I'm headed to. Sterling Corporation—Ridgewood Holdings, stood tall before me. Its glass exterior was reflecting the early morning sunlight as if nothing, not even the air in it had changed.
~~~Anya~~~Maybe it was just me. But the air felt heavier than usual the moment I stepped out of Sterling Corporation. My heels clicked softly against the pavement as I walked past the glass doors and tried to ignore the whispers that followed me out of the building like shadows.“They said Alpha K
~~~ANYA~~~ I cried, letting my tears mix with the warm water from the shower as the two liquids intertwined, rolling over my body. I had locked myself unsure of how I could make myself stop and look for a solution inside the bathroom in my new bedroom cage, as he said—not far away from the Alpha’s
~~~KANE~~~ A long crushing silence stretched the very moment I had recognized Meena as my mate and not Anya. The crowd exhaled. I turned to the crowd, my voice booming, “I reject the union between Anya and me. The moon goddess doesn't have to tangle me with a broken and cursed wolf. I know what's







