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LUCIANO

Across the crowded ballroom, near a side door, being escorted by two large warriors, was a woman in a simple blue gown , her face cast down.

She lifted her face for a second, scanning the room. I sucked in a breath, recognising who it was.

It was Nadia.

Our eyes met.

Her expression filled with pure terror. Then one of the guards yanked her back, and she disappeared through the door. I blinked, processing it all in.

She wasn’t in the cellar.

She was here. In the ballroom.

And they were moving her.

The confirmation slammed something into me. The cellar had been a decoy. Kael's tip, whether well-intentioned or not, was part of the diversion. They were playing a game, and they were already two steps ahead of us.

I had just sent part of my rescue team to the wrong place. And now my mate's mother was being taken deeper into the beast's lair, and I was alone in a room half of it filled with my enemies.

And the worst part, I still didn't know where my mate was being kept.

My mind was
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  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   Playing god

    LUCIANOAcross the crowded ballroom, near a side door, being escorted by two large warriors, was a woman in a simple blue gown , her face cast down.She lifted her face for a second, scanning the room. I sucked in a breath, recognising who it was.It was Nadia.Our eyes met.Her expression filled with pure terror. Then one of the guards yanked her back, and she disappeared through the door. I blinked, processing it all in.She wasn’t in the cellar.She was here. In the ballroom.And they were moving her.The confirmation slammed something into me. The cellar had been a decoy. Kael's tip, whether well-intentioned or not, was part of the diversion. They were playing a game, and they were already two steps ahead of us.I had just sent part of my rescue team to the wrong place. And now my mate's mother was being taken deeper into the beast's lair, and I was alone in a room half of it filled with my enemies.And the worst part, I still didn't know where my mate was being kept.My mind was

  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   He will pay!

    HENRYDays before the ball.Silas tried to kill me the moment I walked into the abandoned warehouse. I saw the knife in his hand before he even moved. Young, arrogant pup.“I don’t need a washed-up Alpha’s help,” he sneered, circling me. “Your own daughter humiliated you. Your pack is gone. You’re nothing.”I kept my hands visible, my expression calm. “You need me,” I said, my voice steady. “Because you’re smart, but you’re not cruel enough. Not yet. You want Luciano’s pack, but you don’t know how to break him. I do.”He paused, the knife hovering. “And how’s that?”“You hurt his mate, he gets angry. You kill his mate, he gets vengeful. But if you use his mate to make him fail… to make him watch her suffer because of his own mistakes… that breaks an Alpha. That shatters him. And I know how to make her suffer. She’s my blood. I know every weak spot.”Silas watched me, his cold eyes calculating. After a long moment, he lowered the knife. “Start talking.”A few days later I stood in the

  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   Saw her

    LUCIANOSilas’s eyes glinted with malice. “How very… dramatic.” He drawled, ignoring my last words. “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. The full moon is a time for peace, after all. For celebration.” He leaned in slightly, his voice dropping. “Enjoy the party, Luciano. Try the wine. It’s a special vintage.”He moved away, Kael following behind him like a ghost. I watched them go, my hands clenched at my sides.“Rowan, report.”“The basement is clear so far, Alpha. Moving to the lower storage.Time was slipping away. I moved through the crowd, smiling stiffly, exchanging mindless pleasantries, alwhile my mind was screaming.I forced myself to walk deeper, back into the ballroom. The music and laughter were only served to churn the dread in my gut. I needed to use this time. I needed eyes and ears.I began to make the rounds, moving through the crowd with a purpose. I wasn't here to dance. I was here to map the alliances in the room.My first stop was Alpha Donovan of the Stone Ridge P

  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   Strength is important

    LUCIANOThe day of the ball arrived. I stood in my study with my beta, Silas. A map of the Red Moon pack house spread across my desk. It was a rough sketch, stolen by a scout who had risked his neck for it. We didn’t know how accurate it was, but it was all we had.“These are the most likely places,” Silas said, his finger tapping three marked rooms on the map. “The old wine cellar here, the isolated guest suites in the east wing, and the servants’ quarters in the basement. They’re out of the way. Easy to guard, hard to stumble upon by accident.”“And Henry would want them close,” I muttered, my eyes tracing the lines. “He’ll want to be able to get to them quickly if things go wrong. Or to use them as a threat.”“Agreed,” Silas said. “I and my team will infiltrate from the western side during the ball. Rowan will lead a second group through the drainage tunnels marked here.” He pointed to a dotted line on the map. “We search simultaneously. The moment any of us find them, we’ll mind-l

  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   A father in law to kill

    LUCIANOThen I was running. I shot past Silas, past Preya and the weeping boy, past the stunned warriors, to the gates. Leaving behind the courtyard, the pack, everything behind.The forest blurred past me. I didn’t think about strategy, about backup, about traps. There was only the pounding of my heart, the scent of the river ahead, and the screaming, silent void in my soul where my mate should have been.My paws pounded the frozen ground, eating up the distance between me and my mate.Behind me, I heard the sounds of the pack mobilizing: shouts, the clatter of weapons, the howls of other wolves shifting and giving chase. But I was ahead of them all. My world had narrowed to the scent of the river, the memory of Peniel’s voice.But as I ran, her words from our fight played over and over in my head.“So her life is worth less than mine?”“You get to decide whose life matters?”“I choose her.”She had chosen. She had chosen her mother over me, over my command, over her own safety. And

  • The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna   Running in the forest

    PENIEL“Where is Preya?” I asked suddenly. The question slicing through the tension in the air.Silas blinked in confusion, then his eyes widened in realization. He turned and snapped at a nearby she-wolf. "Find the maid Preya. Now."The she-wolf scurried off. She returned only a few minutes later, her expression uneasy. “She is not in her room, Beta. No one has seen her since this afternoon.” she whispered into his ears.Silas turned back to me, his expression grave. "Preya is also missing." He said, stating the obvious like I wasn't three feet away from him.Of course she was. The pieces must have finally clicked together in his mind because he asked, “You think they went together?”“I know they went together.”“It is… very possible,” Silas said carefully, avoiding my eyes. “Especially as they seemed to have bonded. During the… during the period she.. you know arrived, and then everything…” he trailed off.He didn’t need to finish. During the time she needed her mate, and I was too

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