LOGINEllie’s POVThe guests flooded in more quickly than I expected. At first, there was just a trickle, but then the line of cars along the roadway grew longer and longer, and the packs started coming out in droves, all clamoring to get a look.I was standing in front of the row of hay bales now, on my
Ellie’s POVI was already moving. Dominic called after me, but I didn’t stop to hear what he had said. The pull was too strong to ignore, like an itch that desperately needed to be scratched.A moment later, I reached the treeline. It was cooler here, shaded and quiet, the sounds of the festival set
Ellie’s POVFor a moment, I just laid there in Dominic’s arms, staring up at him, too startled to speak. He was looking down at me with an expression that seemed caught somewhere between surprised, annoyed, and amused.Either way, he didn’t put me down right away. His fingers splayed wide across my
The pack noticed, too. I didn’t expect them to, but they did. And they told me as such, too. Hardly a day went by that some person or another didn’t mention how hard I was working, or how impressed they were. Even members of the staff who had looked down upon me in my past life now answered all of m
Ellie’s POV“What do you think?” Sarah held up the flags she had just spent the last hour working on. One was bright red with yellow lines cutting back and forth through it, and the other was white and black checkered.I tapped my chin, studying the flags, then nodded. “Those are perfect. We’ll make
Ellie’s POV“Whether you like it or not, Vivian, Ellie is the Luna for now.”I froze in the doorway as soon as I heard those words. Ellie is the Luna. For now.Dominic said it like I was just a temporary thing. Something to be replaced, just as I had been in my past life, the very moment they found
Dominic POVEllie reached the stage with the professor and instead of stopping where she was supposed to, instead of waiting for the applause that never came, she reached out and took the microphone from the professor’s hand.A ripple of confusion ran through the hall.My pulse spiked.“I passed,” s
Ellie POV The day of the midterm arrives like a held breath finally released.Everything I’ve been carrying for weeks.It’s strange how quiet my mind feels as I walk across campus, how all the chaos and noise that had lived in my head—Dominic’s voice, Vivian’s laughs, Karina’s threats, the constant
Ellie POVThe halls felt different the morning after the announcement.Not quieter, if anything, people were louder, still buzzing about the midterm, but the sound slid past me like water off glass. I walked with my books tucked under one arm, posture light, steps steady, buoyed by the undeniable fa
I let go.Lucas leaned back slightly, eyes wide, jaw flexing as he fixed his shirt. “You’re faster then I remember. Noted.”He was already turning when he added, without looking at me, “And Dominic? If she wants me around, I’ll be around. Whether you like it or not. Alpha.”He walked off.I couldn’t







