All Chapters of The Alpha’s Moonbreather : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The words they had said, the judgements, the stares, the disapprovals all still lingered long after the Council left.By the time the sun had reached its peak, Elise sat alone on steps of the backyard at the packhouse, her fingers clenched tightly to the hem of her sweater. Her breath showed in the early morning air, though spring had technically arrived. She kept sighing in the cold which made her throat dry.She barely felt it. Not the air. Not the warmth of the day. Not the dryness of her throat.Nothing.She had become a ghost in her own story.Inside the packhouse, the Council had come together once again. Another meeting. Another door closed in her face.This time, they wanted to talk to “the truth wolves”. The thought of this made Elise’s stomach churn. She could hear the low hum of voices from the war room—Kai, Elder Kion, Marcellus, and others speaking in sharp husky tones. Occasionally, a voice would rise above the rest before falling silent again. They had been me

Morning came early after Elise had drowned herself in her thoughts. She had barely slept and had over thought every single thing about the packhouse, if she’d continue to be an outcast all her. She felt sorry for herself — she had gone from being the outcast with no wolf or power to being the outcast with way too much power thst the wolves were scared of. Her life must have been written and organized to frustrate her.The packhouse was quiet and slow to wake or become lively, like everyone inside was still tired from everything that had happened lately.Elise woke before the sunrise, tangled under the covers and covered with sweat; the aftermath of turning and tossing around too much.Her dreams had been filled with thick fog and whispers—Becky’s voice, the council’s murmurs, Kai’s eyes staring but unreadable.She sat up and pressed the tips of her hands to her eyes, hoping the consistent pounding in her head would reduce. She hadn’t slept well since the Council’s visit. Or maybe s

The night was quiet around the training grounds. Kai sat on the edge of a wooden bench, elbows on his knees, legs clenched together in a tired way. His hands were made into a fist on which he rested his jaw on.Above him, the moon hung in the sky.His second hand kept playing and swinging the round hook on the handle of his water flask. He was supposed to be in bed hours ago, yet he couldn’t shut his eyes.The wind kept whistling through the trees while making the leafs that weren’t deeply rooted with their trees fall out, but Kai hardly noticed. His kept on sighing.He stared at the ground asif finding something. The water bottle felt heavy between his palm.Someone had dropped a small pebble in the distance, and it clacked on a practice dummy. Far off, an owl called softly, he looked up the sky; maybe to see the owl or not, he wasn’t sure, but it was blank. His own head was blank. He couldn’t quite place the feeling.He heard them, but he felt far away, too lost in his own t

They had a group dinner that night.It was the pack’s tradition to dine together once every month so as to create a bond between the pack members.Elise had been sighing since evening came after learning that the joined dinner was that night.She hasn’t even gotten over the wolf or no wolf allegations, she had to dine with everyone seated on a table.It would be extremely awkward.If she could, she wouldn’t join, but it was a compulsory pack ritual.Now, she’d be the one to ruin the night for everyone.She felt guilty…. Not only was she not a member of the pack, she was a burden.More of a burden than any of the pack members. She couldn’t wrap her head around how fast it all blew up like a time bomb. Her getting here and her stay here all went so fast.She sighed again, not wanting to drown fully in self pity. She dressed up and headed to the dining room.She expected that they’d all be laughing and the place would be filled with laughter and spoons clicking together with the cera

The sun shined through the small spaces between Elise’s curtains, landing softly on her blankets.It was warm, but the room still felt a bit cold.She lowered her blanket below her face and opened her eyes in slow motion, while blinking because of the light.Her body ached in places she hadn’t felt before, although it was not a bad ache, it just the kind that came after something… different.Something like what happened in her room last night. She smiled as she remembered the events.She turned on her side, pressing her face into the pillow, and that was when she noticed.Kai wasn’t there.His side of the bed was still warm though.She could still smell him, he always had the scent of fresh trees.He smelt like home.For a second, her chest tightened and she started overthinking.What if he left because he felt that they shouldn’t have done that?Or that he made a mistake and that they did too much?What if…..The door creaked open gently.“I didn’t want to wake you,” Kai said softl