LOGINLyraEverywhere was silent; only the breathing sounds coming from the crowd could be heard.I could feel the frozen faces scrutinizing, staring at me as my voice settled over the hall."Hello, Father. Hello, family."My words echoed, and whispers erupted from every angle."But she was buried...""It's impossible...""No one survives that kind of accident.""Wasn't she used for a sacrifice? Then her body was returned back to her father?"A slow smile curved on my lips as I stood at the threshold, the lights catching on my designer's outfit, my posture only showing my radiating confidence.A wave of my aura as a form of dominance spread through the hall before.It was instinctive, sharp and commanding, causing every wolf to flinch.Behind me, my mother, Ember, Albert, Kian, and the others were protected because they were my allies, my family.Some lowered their heads in submission. Even the Alphas in the front seats tensed, unsure whether to bow or run.Richard forced himself, trying to
BANQUET DAY***********LyraThe closer we get, the tighter the knot in my stomach tightens.My fingers won't stop trembling, so I curl them into my dress, gripping the fabric until my knuckles ache and turn white. My heartbeat was so loud... beating in my ears like a drum.I inhale sharply. Am I really ready for this?The car was too quiet and too still. Even the steady rhythm of rain tapping against the window doesn't soothe me. Of all the days to rain it chose today.Was this a sign of something bad or good?The city lights smeared across the glass as we drove. For a moment, my reflection stares back at me... someone I could fully recognize now.I was a LEADER. An ALPHA.I was stronger, colder and reborn to someone greater.Ember sits at the side of my left. Albert is on my right, my mother, close to me. And Uncle Kian, Lucas and some of my other men are inside the other car."You're ready," Ember murmurs without looking at me, as if she could hear my thoughts of doubts.I swallow
Lupari pack *************Linda slammed her bedroom door with a hard force. Her breathing came out in sharp uneven breaths as she paced around her room, her hands trembling with fury. The nerve - the absolute nerve - of that witchy boy barging into my daughter's room, taking her away like I was some kind of villain in their story. That boy thinks he can come into the life of my family and brainwash everyone like some hero in a fantasy book, so his mother and Aunt can finally finish us completely?My daughter, she is my legacy and my to control.Her jaw clenched, eyes burning with rage. Dominic had done more damage in minutes than anyone in years. And Chloe - her Chloe - had let him, control her.No.No, this bond would not deepen. Not under her watch, even that's the last thing I do on this earth, then I'll break them up.If she rejects him, she won't die after all she's still married to Ethan.She stopped pacing, inhaled sharply, and reached beneath her bed. Her fingers closed arou
Lupari pack~~~Five days later... it's been days after the sudden high-ranking members meeting with Alpha Richard and other subordinates.The corridors were quiet, the training grounds too were empty. Every pack member walked as though carrying a weight on their shoulders, in their thoughts and heights.And in Chloe's room, the heaviness felt worse.She lay on her bed, eyes open but unfocused, staring at the ceiling as if it held the answers she wasn't prepared to face. Physically, she had healed – but her insides were like a storm barely holding together.Regret sat on her chest – pressing and suffocating. Every wickedness she had thrown at Lyra played again in her mind. Every lie, every insecurity, every mistake. And over everything else, the truth she wished she could erase.I was the reason my brother died.She closed her eyes, swallowing down the ache burning in her throat.~A sharp knock on the door made her flinch.Before she could answer, the door opened and Luna Linda stepp
Lyra~Uncle Simon was already waiting at the entrance. "Welcome to me and Gerald's home," he said with a warm smile. "I hope you didn't have a hard time traveling back here.""Oh, no, no, Uncle," I replied, trying to sound casual despite the mix of emotions swirling inside me. "Just surprised that this place exists."A chuckle left Simon's lips. "Of course such a place has to exist. If it doesn't, where would we vampires live?" Rowan clapped excitedly, while River hid behind my mother's leg. Uncle Simon only smiled, offering the twins a gentle nod before greeting Ember, Scarlett, and Luang with respective bows.Two vampire guards approached next, lowering their heads in unison. Their eyes flicked over me, and my mother tensed. Simon raised a calming hand. "They're here under my orders. There will be no harm.""Okay, Uncle Simon," I said, trying to sound reassuring.~Inside, the mansion was a marvel of luxury and elegance. The walls were adorned with rich, dark wood paneling, and the
Lyra~One week laterDawn stretched across San Francisco in the pack grounds of Moon Blend pack, and I stood before the main house. Everyone had gathered – uncle Gerald, Kian, Lucas who still had a grudge with Albert and Ember for knocking him out cold, my mother Elisa, Ember, Albert, Scarlett, Emma, Victor, Luang and my twin pups River and Rowan bouncing around with excitement.I took one last look at the land I fought so hard to rule, that I had to put my blood and power into. "Goodbye," I whispered before entering the van.It took about twenty minutes before we reached the airport, although we boarded a private plane which belonged to uncle Gerald.My heart drummed with anticipation and the faintest tremor of dread.~Inside the plane's interior hummed with enhancement – soundproof walls, reinforcement floors, silver-etched runes along the ceiling to stabilize the energy of the human world and that of the supernaturals. My mother watched from her seat, from her eyes one could know







