LOGINDespite spending all my free time in the library lately, I haven't run into Prince Noah again. And I didn't even know if I could call that good or bad luck.
Memories of what had happened the night before flooded my mind, sending a warm shiver down my spine, making my skin crawl. Goddess, I don't think I've ever been so confused in my entire life, and I wasn't even talking about my body's reactions... Well, at least
“Mother!” Noah stood up, hurrying to her, putting his arms around her waist to pull her off Arthur.But he didn't even seem to realize it.“You piece of shit!” she screamed, through tears “How could I trust my children to someone like you?! You promised you’d try to be a father to him! How could I believe you? How could I let you touch him?!” Noah finally managed to pull her away from the bloody mess that was now Arthur’s face, but she kept trying to reach him with her hands. “I will never forgive you! Do you hear me?! Never!”“Why have you always been so attached to a child that was forced upon you?!” Arthur retorted, as if he truly had the right to sound betrayed “You always told me you never felt anything for Dean Lunefar, but look how you fight tooth and nail for his son! I could see how much happier you were wh
Arthur had been arrested the minute Kent had vanished before our eyes in the chapel. But Kaia hadn't reacted, not really. She hadn't screamed, cried, or even looked at him while Noah restrained him and dragged him out of the chapel. As far as I knew, in those last three days, she hadn't even gone looking for him in the dungeons.But she could avoid facing her mate for much longer.Atticus brought him there completely silently. If it weren't for the heavy footsteps in the hallway, I wouldn't even have noticed they'd arrived. Well, that, and Arthur's smell. Once always clean, almost antiseptic, now his scent was mixed with dirt and that metallic hint of dried blood.I thought I'd have flashbacks to when the Moonjoys were brought to us, but Arthur seemed to refuse to abandon his haughty posture. Or, at least, what was
Kaia straightened up and Noah's expression turned colder than ever, while his aunt shifted uncomfortably in her chair.“You chose to side with him?” my husband asked, almost disdainfully “So, you’re not here to ally with us, but to turn your back on our pack because of a single man. I see...”“I never said that.” Ophelia swallowed hard, tense “But I thought I should remind you that he’s not just a man. He’s your father. I know he can be difficult sometimes, but cutting ties with him isn’t the right way to resolve things. You’re half Lunefar! You know we value family above all else…”“A man who tries to harass my mother can’t be considered my father.” Noah cut her off “Much less my family.”
It was ironic that I had returned to the Silverheart pack with the sole intention of achieving peace between the three packs…And now I was sitting at a table making war plans.Noah was beside me, of course, probably the most important member of the alliance we were forming against Kent. Wayne stood before us, his eyes fixed on the map on the table. Atticus and Aurora were in position, each standing beside their future Alpha. And Louis was near the door, his brows furrowed as he waited for the information he would take to his father. Alfred should have been there too, but after what we discovered about Kent…Someone had to go to Nightmoor and make sure everyone knew that he was now our greatest enemy.I wished my father were resting instead of being there,
“Kent, why did you tell me to go to that part of the forest when I was trying to hide with Estelle the night we were attacked? I never dared to think much about it, because of course you would never want to harm us, but…” Elowyn gritted her teeth “You were the one who told me that Garrett had already dealt with the invaders in that area and would be there to protect me. I always thought it was just bad luck. That you had made a mistake or been deceived as well, but...”“And the corpses of the sorcerers who attacked Elowyn and our daughter that night…” my father finished, sounding as if a dagger had been plunged into his chest “They used to be your apprentices, didn’t they? I never thought too much of it when you told me you expelled them because they were too rebellious, but… Even the supposed corpses that were supposed to be Elowyn and E
There wasn't really anywhere I could hide inside that small chapel, so I just sat right at the edge of one of the first rows, almost pressed against the wall. The door is so narrow that anyone who came in to pray would have to walk several steps before noticing me there. I'd been through this before.It would have to be enough.I had been frozen in that position for quite some time, head bowed and hands clasped in my lap. But I didn't dare move. I just focused on that sepulchral silence around me…Until that is disturbed by the sound of a footstep.It didn't come from the forest or the hard-packed earth outside, as it should have if someone were approaching the chapel. It came directly from the chapel's entrance, as if someone had materialized there all of a sudden. A cold shiver tried to run down my spine, but I held back, pretending not to notice.The footsteps approached slowly, and I wondered if the person was simply taking their time or perhaps making sure I was alone inside. Eit
I don't know exactly when I woke up, much less when I managed to gather enough strength to open my eyes.By the glory of the Goddess, I hadn't felt so completely exhausted since the day I almost died. My bones felt like they had liquefied and my whole body was like a puppet with its strings cut. Ev
For a second, Noah's parents just stood there, staring at each other. And I was absolutely certain that a fight would break out if Dean made the terrible decision to challenge our Alpha. Under normal circumstances, it should be Arthur, the one who had been offended
I always thought Noah had a lot of his mother in him, but now I realized I was very wrong. Yes, he had inherited Alpha Kaia's dark hair and eyes, but almost everything else had come from his father. The chiseled nose, the sharp features, the way he looked menacing
It's not like I didn't know we'd be the center of attention the moment we stepped into the pack's central square. It was obvious all eyes would turn to us as soon as they noticed us.However, it was still an oppressive







