Becoming One

Kael -

The corridors of the Alpha house were hushed when I left her room, but the silence didn’t fool anyone. The pack had felt the shift a surge of lunar energy so strong it rattled the glass.

They knew. Even if they didn’t yet understand.

My mother and father were waiting in the council hall the same place where every Alpha of our line had made their vows. The silver light from the moon pooled through the skylight above them, casting pale halos over their heads.

My mother turned first. Her eyes, bright and knowing, found mine before I spoke.

“You don’t need to say it,” she said softly. “We felt it the moment she stepped into this house.”

My father’s voice rumbled low. “The Moon’s Heir.

I nodded once. “Ayla.”

“Eleanor’s child,” my mother murmured. “I always feared she didn’t die that night. The bloodline would never vanish without reason.”

“ if the prophecy is true , you two will create a new upbringing a whole new kingdom “ my mother said with slight excitement

Every breath I tak