chapter twenty-four

POV LILY

I was restless that night, pacing back and forth in my room at the pack house. Confusion reigned in my mind, and I couldn't find answers to my questions. My life in the pack had become a whirlwind of events, and I could barely keep up with everything that was happening.

I was about to lie down when I heard a knock on the door. My heart skipped a beat as I wasn't expecting visitors at this late hour. I opened the door and was met with one of the pack guards, holding a package with a mysterious smile on his face.

"The Alpha asked me to deliver this to you. He said it's a gift for tomorrow's ceremony," the guard announced, extending the package toward me.

I looked at the package, wrapped in dark red paper and tied with a silver bow. My eyebrows shot up in surprise. The Alpha was giving me a gift? And for tomorrow's ceremony? I was taken aback.

I accepted the package carefully, undoing the bow and unwrapping it. When the fabrics fell away, my gaze was drawn to a stunning red dres