LOGINA soft knock at the door made me jump. I shoved the phone under the pillow, I could not let anyone find out about my plan.“Come in,” I said.Chloe poked her head inside, her usual bright smile faltering when she saw my face. She wore a pretty blue dress that flowed to her feet and moved with the wind, she looked worried. “Luna? “I thought you might want some tea. And… company?” Chloe was becoming attached to me, since the crowning when she helped with my makeup and dress, she was so sweet and it was good to have someone by my side who I knew accepted me and liked me for who I was.Coming to sliver fang wasn't easy, I didn't know where I stood and most of them were used to Cassie being mean, and expected it from me too. But then the kitchen staff had warmed up to me and so did the guards. I try to force a smile. “Tea sounds perfect. Come sit.”She bustled in with a tray, setting it on the small table by the window. “The whole pack is talking, you know. About you moving back here. S
Nina POVThe silence after Enzo’s confession stretched so long I could hear my own heartbeat echoing in my ears. His words hung in the air like smoke and I was choking.We can’t be together forever the way you probably want.I can’t give you my love.Everything he said kept replaying in my head like a movie. I was without a mate all my life when I finally got one he doesn't want to love.I won’t let Dexter or Enzo make me feel weak again.I sat on the edge of the bed, knees drawn to my chest, staring at the floorboards until the grain blurred. Sky felt fear and betrayal. Enzo was trying to protect himself the only way he knew how, by building walls I had already helped tear down.And I couldn’t even blame him. I was actually betraying him and he was scared I would just like his ex.Because I was the threat he feared.I snuck out and I had handed Dexter the keys to Silverfang’s destruction and sold out the man who had just crowned me Luna and who I swore to protect and choose.Tears
Dexter POVThe forest swallowed me and my warriors whole the moment we left the lightning split oak tree behind. Nina’s broken sobs still echoed in my ears like sweet music, but I didn’t linger on them. Weakness had its uses, and right now hers was serving me perfectly.I had the patrol schedule. The first real cracks in Silverfang’s defenses. Enzo’s precious little mate was delivering exactly what I needed, piece by trembling piece. But it still wasn’t enough. The protection spell’s anchor stone remained the ultimate prize the heart of their ancient magic. Once I had its location, Silverfang would fall from the inside out.And I had the perfect tool already in motion.Lily Harper.I glanced at my watch as the black SUV ate up the miles back toward the human city. 7:42 a.m. She will be finishing her early journalism seminar soon. Perfect timing.I had spent the last few days tightening the noose around her with surgical precision. “Chances of meetings in the library. Late night text
Enzo POVHer head rested against my chest, warm and heavy, her breathing still uneven from the tears she’d tried so hard to hide. In that moment she looked so genuinely honest vulnerable, open, like the walls she kept rebuilding were finally crumbling. I think she was scared.I wanted to believe her.I wanted to wrap my arms tighter around her, kiss the top of her head, and tell her that whatever storm she was facing, we would face it together.But I couldn’t.Because less than an hour ago I had watched her sneak out.I had rushed to the border patrol meeting, but my mind refused to settle. The mind wasn't at peace I was restless and uneasy, like something was definitely wrong.Halfway through Max’s report on thinning patrols near the eastern ridge, I stood up mid-sentence, muttered something about needing air, and left the war room without explanation.Something was wrong with my mate.I returned to our quarters quietly, expecting to find her still asleep or perhaps reading by the w
Nina POVThe forest felt difficult to walk through on the way back.Every step sent dread right through me, I was cold from the inside out, the kind of chill that came from handing over your soul piece by piece and still owing more.The paper I’d given Dexter burned in my memory secondary armory entrance, patrol times, and the weak points I’d observed during my short time here. Information that could get wolves killed. Wolves who had smiled at me during the crowning feast. Wolves who now called Luna, they trusted me and trusted Enzo.I climbed back onto the lower roof of the Alpha quarters the same way I had left, muscles aching from the tension.The balcony doors were still cracked open. I slipped inside my heart beating so fast, I quickly changed back into the soft lounge clothes I left on the bed. The note I had scribbled earlier was still there no one touched it,I crumpled it and tossed it into the fireplace, watching the edges blacken and curl until it burned to ashes.The break
Nina POVThe bathroom mirror was fogged from the cold water I’d splashed on my face, but it still showed me the truth I didn’t want to see: swollen lips, flushed cheeks, wild eyes, and the faint red marks on my neck where Enzo’s beard had scraped against my skin. I looked like a woman who had just been thoroughly kissed by her mate.I looked like a traitor.Sky was still purring in the back of my mind, smug and satisfied. That was hot. His hands, the way he pinned us, the growl when you gasped… I could feel how much he wanted us. Why are you hiding in here? Go back out there and finish what we started.“Because I can’t,” I whispered to my reflection. My voice cracked. “Because in less than an hour I have to sneak out to meet Dexter outside the pack and hand over the armory codes. Because my father is missing two fingers already and if I don’t show up, he’ll lose more. Because I just let myself fall into Enzo’s arms like I deserve to be there, when I know I didn't.”Sky huffed, curling
NinaThe next dayI stumble out of the pack house, my legs carrying me on autopilot through the winding paths of the compound. The air is crisp, laced with pine and the distant howl of patrols, but it does nothing to clear the fog in my head. Dexter’s words echo like a curse: medical records, Luna,
Enzo Everything about her was a quiet assault on my control.The way her dark lashes fanned against pale cheeks still bruised from battle. The faint rise and fall of her chest beneath the thin hospital gown, the stubborn set of her jaw even in sleep, like she was already fighting me in her dreams.
NinaMy mate was a fuck boy, and he wasn't hiding it. Was this a thing he does normally, entangling himself with the wolves in the pack, he was not different from Alpha Dexter.The hospital room felt smaller the longer Alpha Enzo stayed in it. The antiseptic smell mixed with his scent until I could
EnzoThe pack house felt too quiet and too empty, it felt like the walls themselves were holding their breath. Everyone was avoiding me like I was a ticking time bomb. I sat in the war room, elbows braced on the heavy table, staring at the map of our territory until the lines became blurred. Red p







