Chapter 1

‘Come on, Magnus, please play hide and seek with me,’ Nina begs me with her large, brown, doe-like eyes.

I walk towards her with abrupt haste. She steps back until she feels the bluestone wall against her back. I tower over her with ease. My mother, Astrid, the Luna of Shadow Crest, always reminds me that when I was born, I was double the size of a regular wolf baby and almost a foot taller and much broader than any other ten-year-old. She says I may even become the mightiest Alpha of all one day.

Glaring down into Nina’s eyes, I huff, ‘I’m still mad at you for tricking me into putting salt on my cereal this morning instead of sugar.’

Nina’s face lights up with a smile. ‘The look on your face when you ate it, though, was so worth it,’ she giggles.

Why do you always enjoy making me the laughingstock of the family? Do you hate me that much?’

‘It’s not like that, Magnus. You’re my best friend, always and forever. We are just having fun,’

‘Fun! You’re not the one who gets into trouble for