LOGIN"Step away from the threshold, Stelios, or I'll mount your head on a pike," Astinos roars, leveling his rifle out the shattered window frame at the advancing pack warriors.A volley of silver-tipped bullets sprays from his barrel, tearing through the front line of mercenary wolves charging across the snow-covered courtyard. The concussive cracks echo off the ancient stone walls of the Lykaon Moonkeep, lighting up the dark shadows of the Whispering Moon Woods in blinding flashes of gunfire.Down in the snow, Stelios Thornfang lets out a guttural, unnatural laugh that makes my skin crawl. The dark-moon alchemy pulsing through his veins makes his unnatural green eyes glow like toxic fire."Fire!" Stelios screeches, waving his heavy steel-clad arm forward. "Exterminate the traitors!"A barrage of explosive charges slams into the manor’s lower facade. Stone splinters fly through the air, and thick black smoke rolls into the grand foyer. Heavy boots crash
"You didn't read the whole confession, did you?" I ask, holding up the blood-stained parchment as Leonidas steps into the study.The flickering candlelight casts sharp, jagged shadows across his pale, aristocratic face. Fresh crimson seeps through the clean bandages wrapped around his broad chest, but his golden eyes remain fixed on the stained envelope resting in my trembling fingers."Manson wrote this the night before he vanished," I whisper, my voice raspy from cold and unshed tears. "He knew Daxos was going to execute him to keep him quiet."Leonidas strides across the dusty hardwood floor of the Lykaon Manor study, his heavy boots leaving deep impressions in the carpet. He snatches the parchment from my hand, his claws extending just enough to slice through the brittle, blood-crusted wax seal.As his eyes scan the jagged, desperate handwriting of his former trusted Beta, the air in the study plunges below freezing. The glass panes of the high Gothic
"If they want a sacrifice, I'll give them a war instead," Leonidas growls, pulling my frail body flush against his solid chest, ignoring the fresh blood seeping through his bandages and staining my hospital gown.My face remains buried in his shoulder, my spirit completely numb to the raw terror radiating through the room. The pain of losing our pup has left me hollowed out, a frozen shell walking through a nightmare that refuses to end. The alpha dominance radiating off Leonidas vibrates against my ribs, but my own inner wolf remains coiled in the dark, silent and bleeding."My Lord, the outer perimeter sentinels just radioed in," Astinos says, rushing to the shattered doorway with his tactical comm-sceptre clamped to his ear. "Two strike teams from the Alpha Trade Council are entering the hospital's underground garage. They brought silver-lined binding chains and a formal extraction warrant signed by Daxos.""Let them try to step through that door," Leonidas s
"He's going to tear down this entire hall if you don't let him through," Astinos's panicked voice echoes from the corridor outside, barely audible over the sudden, violent plunge in temperature.The frosted glass windows of the private healing chamber crack with a loud, crystalline snapping sound. Ice spreads across the glass like jagged spiderwebs as a suffocating, ancient alpha aura surges down the hallway, pressing against the heavy oak doors until the iron hinges groan under the sheer pressure.The air in my lungs freezes instantly. My wolf, hollowed out and bleeding inside my spirit, whimpers in sheer primal terror before recognizing the terrifying, apocalyptic scent of winter pine, scorched earth, and raw, unrestrained blood-fury.Leonidas."Supreme Alpha, please! You're still hemorrhaging from the internal shock!" a moon physician screams from the hallway, followed immediately by the sickening crunch of metal armor buckling against stone.The heavy double doors split right down
He was too out of his mind!Astinos and Daxos wanted to rush forward and pull him away, but the blade was already biting deep into his flesh, and any sudden movement could drive the steel straight through his heart.Daxos looked like he was losing his sanity too, taking a desperate half step forward as he yelled, "Leonidas, stop this madness right now!""I don't want to live in this hell with you!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, throwing myself hard against the heavy oak table beside the armoire.Leonidas froze completely. He had imagined a thousand ways this confrontation could end, but he never expected that I would rather hurt myself than let him corner me.His grip on the hilt loosened in sheer disbelief, and I snatched my hand back instantly, the combat knife clattering loudly against the wooden floorboards. I slammed hard against the sharp corner of the table, the impact knocking the breath straight out of my lungs.Astinos gasped in horror, sprinting across the room alongsi
"You shouldn't have hit him, Leonidas!" I scream, my voice cracking with a mixture of raw panic and manufactured fury as I shove myself between Astinos and the terrifying, blood-soaked alpha standing in the center of the shattered cabin.Leonidas doesn't even blink. His massive chest heaves with ragged, violent breaths, his crimson-gold eyes locked onto me with a look of such absolute, hollow devastation that my breath catches in my throat. The blood dripping from Astinos's split lip stains the wooden floorboards, but Leonidas doesn't look at his beta. He only looks at me, as if the entire universe has just imploded beneath his feet."You defended him," Leonidas whispers, his voice dropping into a dead, horrifying hiss that sends a shiver straight down my spine. "You stood in front of another man and told me you wanted to leave with him.""Because it's true!" I lie, my hands trembling violently as I force the words past the bitter bile rising in my throat. My wolf is scratching franti
Gorgo Lykaon POV"Lock the outer door and make sure the camera is ready to take the photos," Artemisia Lykaon says outside.I shake my head hard. My brain feels full of heavy fog. I look at my hands. I look down at my long dress with the bad cuts that show too much skin. I look at a big mirror on t
GORGO LYKAOON POVI jerk awake, heartbeat wild. “What the… what’s going on? Where am I?”Weird angle, weird cushion. I squint around, empty. Totally alone.I glance down. My ceremony gown is shredded to bits. Ripped cloth everywhere. My stomach turns over.What did I know? Did I do this? Did I real
Gorgo Lykaon POV"Get out of the car right now!" Leonidas Argyros barks at the front seat.The territory rider jumps out fast. The big black car door shuts with a loud slam. His boots make a quick scratching noise on the dirt before he runs away into the night woods. Now it is just the supreme alph
“Let’s break this lunar bond, right now,” I say.I stare at Leonidas Argyros, the supreme alpha king, the wolf every female in Sparta Moonhaven wants. He’s got dark hair, a powerful build, and this intimidating aura that hangs around him like a storm. But he’s never wanted me. For three winters, I







