LOGINSelene finally revealed the truth—but now someone is knocking at Kane’s door. 👀 Who could it be at this hour?
“Who exactly are you?”Midnight Blade's question came quietly, but there was nothing casual about it.Kaelen looked at him.“What do you mean?”Blade took a slow step closer.“Why do we gravitate towards you?”Kaelen's expression remained calm.Blade looked around at the Midnight wolves scattered through the settlement. Some were still watching Kaelen. Others had already lowered their heads in his presence. Even those who had never spoken to him seemed strangely drawn to him.“My people do not behave this way around strangers,” Blade continued. “Yet since you arrived, they look at you differently. They follow you with their eyes. They bow to you. Some of them look at you as though they have known you all their lives.”Kaelen said nothing.Blade's gaze returned to him.“And I feel it too.”That caught Kaelen's attention.Blade's voice became quieter.“I have lived long enough to know when something is wrong. I have fought beside wolves whose strength could tear through an entire battle
Kaelen had spent enough time inside Red Claw to understand that the territory was far larger than he had imagined.The pack had not grown this powerful through one victory or one generation of leadership. It had swallowed territories over many years. Some packs had been defeated in war. Others had lost their leaders and been forced to surrender. Some had simply disappeared after their lands were taken.Their survivors had been absorbed into Red Claw.Warriors became soldiers.Strong wolves were given positions within the pack.Others became servants, workers, or omegas.Entire families had been scattered across different parts of the territory until the names of the packs they once belonged to meant almost nothing.Midnight was only one of them.Thalo Vane had already told Kaelen what happened to his people. He knew Midnight had been captured by the Red Claw.What he did not know was where the surviving Midnight wolves had been placed.That was the problem.Red Claw was too large.Its
The entire training ground had gone quiet.Gideon stood opposite Kaelen with his fists raised, his shoulders tense and his eyes fixed on the stranger who had accepted his challenge without the slightest sign of hesitation.Around them, the Red Claw warriors formed a loose circle.Everyone knew Gideon.He was not some inexperienced wolf looking for attention. He had trained among the strongest warriors in the pack for years, fought in real battles, survived missions that had left other wolves wounded, and earned his place through strength rather than words.That was why some of the warriors were already looking at Kaelen differently.They knew what Gideon could do.Kaelen simply stood there.Calm.Still.Almost too relaxed.Gideon's expression hardened.“You should not have accepted.”Kaelen's eyes remained on him.“You challenged me.”“That does not mean you understand what you are facing.”A faint silence followed.Kaelen lowered his hands slightly.“I suppose we are about to find out
Kaelen woke before the sun had fully risen.For a few moments, he remained still, staring at the ceiling as the pale morning light slowly found its way through the curtains. His body was rested, but his mind was strangely unsettled. Something felt different, and he could not immediately place it.Then he turned his head.The other side of the bed was empty.Selene was gone.Kaelen stared at the space where she had been sleeping, his expression unreadable. He was not surprised. He had expected her to leave before anyone in Red Claw became fully awake. She could not afford to be seen walking out of his quarters after spending the night with a stranger, especially with Rogan already suspicious of him.Still, the emptiness bothered him.He had spent most of his life alone. Solitude had never frightened him. He had learned to sleep alone, eat alone, travel alone, and survive without depending on anyone. He had never needed another wolf beside him to feel complete.Yet this morning, he found
The knock came again.Selene's heart jumped.She stood in the darkest corner of Kane's room, barely breathing. The last thing she needed was for anyone to discover her there.She knew her people well enough to ask questions.Too many questions.And she had no intention of standing in front of Redclaw in the middletl of the night and explaining why she was secretly inside Kane's room.Kane glanced at her.“Stay there,” he whispered.She nodded.He turned toward the door.For a few seconds, there was no sound.The sound travelled through the quiet corridor, growing louder with every step.Selene's heart beat faster.Three firm knocks followed.Kane opened the door.Rogan stood beneath the dim corridor light.He looked different at this hour.The faint silver in his dark hair was more noticeable beneath the pale light, and the years of battle showed in the lines around his eyes. Yet there was nothing weak about him.He still carried the solid frame of a seasoned warrior, his shoulders bro
The courtyard slowly emptied.One by one, the warriors disappeared into the different sections of the Red Claw compound. Jarek left with Rogan, while Darius and Mira remained occupied with the healers and the returning guards.For the first time since Selene had arrived, there was a moment of quiet.She should have gone with her mother.She knew that.She should have been resting, allowing her wolf to finish healing the wounds she had suffered in the rogue territory.Instead, she stood at the edge of the courtyard, staring toward the room where Kane had been taken.Something inside her pulled.It was not a thought.It was not even a decision.It was simply there.The bond.The longer she stayed away from him, the harder it became to ignore.Selene pressed her lips together.“This is ridiculous,” she whispered.She had spent her entire life controlling herself. She had never been the kind of woman who ran after a man simply because she wanted his attention.Yet here she was.Unable to s







