Se connecterA Rogue’s Scent
Her paws stumbled, body giving out as the world tilted and blurred. She could hear snarls and howls all around, but they weren’t rogues anymore—these were stronger, disciplined, the sound of warriors.
Then the ground rushed up to meet her. She shifted back mid-fall, her battered human form hitting the dirt, naked and exposed. Pain flared bright and merciless in her shoulder, her breath shallow and ragged.
Shapes closed in: wolves, sleek and powerful, hackles raised. Her vision blurred, but she caught a flash of silver-gray fur and the glint of spears tipped in moonlight. Voices shouted over her head, rough but controlled.
“She crossed the border!”
“Rogues are behind her—watch for ambush!”Evandra tried to speak, to tell them she wasn’t a threat, but blood filled her mouth, turning her words to a cough. Her body trembled, unable to shift again.
And then everything stilled.
A new presence stepped forward, and the wolves parted without hesitation. Tall, broad-shouldered, eyes piercing green catching the moonlight. His scent was cedar smoke and steel, Alpha strength rolling off him in waves.
He was looking at her.
Tristan
Tristan Walker’s wolf surged the moment the scent hit him. Wildflowers and rain, fresh and intoxicating, a fragrance so vivid he could almost taste it. Thorne lunged inside him, snarling with recognition, desperate to get closer.
Mate.
The word shook him to his core. Tristan staggered, his chest tightening as the bond snapped into place. His mate. His goddess-given mate… lying broken on the dirt of his border.
But she was a rogue.
Panic coiled like a viper in his gut. Thorne raged, clawing against him. She is ours. Claim her. Protect her.
“No,” Tristan ground out inwardly, forcing control. She reeks of rogue blood. She came with them, Thorne. What trick is this?
Thorne’s snarl shook him. I don’t care where she came from. She is ours.
Tristan turned sharply, addressing his sentries, ignoring the magnetic pull dragging him toward the woman. “Take her to the infirmary. Treat her shoulder.” His voice was ice. “Bind her with rope, not silver cuffs, she is already injured enough. But I still want answers.”
The wolves obeyed instantly, hauling the broken stranger to her feet. Tristan forced himself to turn away, his heart hammering as Thorne clawed for release.
He didn’t dare look again.
Evandra
She drifted in and out of consciousness as rough hands carried her, as ropes tightened around her wrists. The sting burned against her skin, locking her beneath her flesh. She tried to fight, to explain, but her body was too weak.
The next she knew, she was lying on a cot, the scent of herbs and steel filling the air. Bandages wound tightly around her shoulder. The ropes were tied to the bedframe.
Her chest tightened. A prisoner.
The door opened, and she lifted her head. He stood there. The Alpha who had found her. His green eyes locked on hers.
And recognition struck like lightning.
She knew him. She remembered him standing tall at the Moon Gala, black suit gleaming, his presence commanding even from across the hall. She remembered brushing past him in the photo line, her arm slipping through Jalen’s as she tried to pose for the cameras, Jalen stiff as stone beside her. Tristan Walker had been watching.
And now here he was, staring at her as though he’d seen a ghost.
His lips parted slightly, confusion warring with something raw in his gaze.
“You,” Tristan murmured, more to himself than to her. “The Pearl Pack’s Luna.”
Evandra’s throat tightened. Shame, pain, and fury tangled in her chest. “Not anymore,” she whispered.
Epilogue-Bound in BloodThe storm had passed hours ago, but the scent of rain still curled along the eaves of Crescent’s infirmary, clean and cool, like the world itself had drawn a breath and let it out. Night pressed its face to the windows, jeweled with lingering drops. Inside, lanterns burned low and golden, throwing a soft halo over the bed where I lay—damp hair at my temples, cheeks flushed, the heat of life still singing in my veins.I had done it.We had done it.Four small bundles lay in a cradle pulled close to my side, tucked in blankets the color of each pack’s crest—pine-green, night-black, hammered copper, and winter white. Four steady heartbeats, four new scents threading the air like ribbons of light. They had arrived in a rush of pain and wonder, of teeth grit and hands held, of prayers murmured to the Moon and promises pressed into skin. And now, in the quiet afterward, I watched them breathe.The first little Alpha slept beneath the copper blanket, a spill of downy
Reshape the FutureThe Crescent moon hung high and silver, bathing the packlands in soft light. Crescent wolves had worked tirelessly to rebuild what the attack had broken, and now their labor bore fruit. Lanterns lined the pathways, flowers draped over carved stone arches, and wolves in their finest stood shoulder to shoulder, their voices hushed with awe.Because tonight wasn’t just a wedding. It was rebirth.And I—Evandra, Luna to four—stood in the heart of Crescent’s great hall, my gown trailing like liquid light across the polished floor. The gown was stitched in white silk with threads of gold and green, Crescent colors woven together with pieces from every pack I now called my own. On my wrists glimmered bracelets gifted from Melting Moon and Pine Wood. Around my neck hung a pendant of amber and silver, a Crescent heirloom Balor had placed there himself.The music hushed. My heart thundered.At the far end of the hall, Balor waited. He looked impossibly strong, broad shoulders
BoundEvandraThe chamber shook around me, shadows crawling like serpents up the walls. The Mirror’s pulse hammered in my skull, each throb pulling at the strings of my bond until I thought they would snap.And Vera—her smile was wild, stretched thin, eyes bloodshot with hunger.“It’s mine now,” she whispered. Her voice cracked, too shrill, too eager. “All this power, centuries of domination, bound in glass. No wolf, no goddess will stop me.”The Mirror gleamed brighter, answering her greed. Its surface rippled like water, and in that ripple I saw faces—my mates, my unborn children, myself. A thousand selves: cruel, twisted, bleeding, laughing.Vera stepped closer, her fingers splayed. The air around her shimmered, bending inward. She wasn’t just touching it—she was pulling herself into it.“Stop!” My voice was raw, but the command rang with Luna steel. “Vera, you don’t understand. It doesn’t give—it takes. It’s not feeding you, it’s swallowing you whole.”She only laughed. “Better to
StrikeTristanThe crack of Lefu’s gunshot rang through the stairwell like a thunderclap, sharp and merciless. Draven Holt staggered once, his eyes wide and wild, before the fire left them. He slumped to the stone, blood pooling beneath him, dark and final.For a moment, everything stilled. Only the drip of his blood, only the faint pulse of the cursed chamber above us.I straightened, wiped my blade on his cloak, my jaw tight. My chest heaved, but my eyes stayed clear. “It’s done.”Balor’s voice cut in low. “Not yet. The witch is still alive. If she holds even a shard of that Mirror, she’ll be worse than him.”Osiris growled through his own wound, one hand pressed to his bleeding side. “Then we finish it.”Lefu chambered another round, his face as still as stone. “For her.”And as one, the four of us turned toward the last flight of stairs. Toward her.The chamber door loomed, shut against us from the instant we were cast out. I had never hated silence so much in my life. Not the sou
Chose HerEvandra The Mirror screamed. Not a sound, but a vibration that shattered stone, shaking the chamber to its bones. The reflection lunged against the glass, fists pounding, teeth bared, desperate to break free. But the glass held, cracks spiderwebbing across it.Vera shrieked, clutching her chest as though the power she had siphoned was tearing back through her veins. “No! No, this was mine!”I stood, legs trembling, but stronger than I’d ever been.“This was never yours,” I said, voice low, certain. “Not the Mirror. Not me. Not my bonds. And not my children.”The Mirror flared one last time, then shattered into a thousand shards, light pouring out like dawn.The reflection vanished with a scream that wasn’t mine.And I collapsed, my knees hitting stone, hands still clutching my stomach. The bond-threads surged back, golden, strong, wrapping me in warmth. My mates roared outside the chamber, their voices breaking through.I had chosen.Not vengeance. Not ambition.Love.The c
ReflectionThe sound of my Alphas straining against the Mirror’s power was the last tether I had before the world caved in. Their voices, their growls, the bond threads burning bright as they clung to me—it was all wrenched away in a single violent pull.“Enough,” Vera hissed, her arms lifted, hair flying wild in the storm of power. The Mirror pulsed in behind her, a living heart that throbbed black fire. “This is her trial, not yours.”The floor beneath us rippled, an earthquake of magic, and my mates—my four pillars—were flung back as though the air itself rejected them. They skidded across stone, weapons clattering from their hands. Tristan roared, lunging, but an invisible wall slammed down, sealing him from me.“No!” I screamed, reaching for him, but the barrier shimmered between us.Osiris threw himself at it, fists hammering over and over again until his knuckles bled, as relentless as he was, but he couldn’t break through. Lefu’s eyes almost seem to glow with power as he mutte







