Semua Bab Echoes of Hate: Bab 1 - Bab 10

ARIA.My heart was pounding so hard it hurt, every beat threatening to split me in two as I ran. I wasn’t just fleeing the house – I was trying to outrun the reality pressing down on me, the one that would crush me alive if I slowed for even a second.I didn’t even bother with clothes, tossing the reins over to my wolf instead. My body launched off the cliff’s ledge, bones breaking and reforming mid-air as Thea surged forward. Silver fur rippled against the night. The air tore past us, sharp and cold, the wind howling in her ears like a warning.For the span of a heartbeat, we were weightless, untouchable. Free. Nothing else existed.Then gravity reminded us that freedom was a lie. Thea’s paws hit the earth, and she exploded forward like a bullet, devouring the ground. I clung to her speed as if it could save us, but I knew better. We weren’t running toward safety. We were hurtling toward an unavoidable collision. I just didn’t know what surviving it would look like.So, I let Thea run

ARIA.And just like that, the moment shattered. Yes, he was gorgeous – dangerously so – but looks alone couldn’t hide the chill beneath his charisma. Personality mattered. Or maybe I just wanted it to.“It’s a gift from my sister,” I said, voice firm though my stomach was twisted into knots. “It’s her most prized possession. She wanted me to have it so that I’d always carry a piece of her with me.”His steely blue eyes bore into mine, heavy and unflinching. Every instinct screamed that this gaze wasn’t merely observing. It was sizing me up, predatory and precise. My legs threatened to buckle under the weight of it as the moment stretched on between us.Then it happened. The impossible. Something that I hadn’t expected and was completely unprepared for…Alpha Dane was my mate. Not chosen one. Fated. The word echoed in my mind like a drumbeat I couldn’t escape. He didn’t seem the least bit surprised, which only twisted my confusion tighter. I was certain that this was the very first time

ARIA.“Before we get to the pack,” Alpha Dane spoke up, shattering the blessed silence, “let’s go over a few things. Remember this: you are here as the Luna of this pack in name only. You don’t hold the power of a Luna. You will smile at the pack members, check in with new mothers, and do all the caring shit you’re supposed to do.”Caring shit I was supposed to do. Wow. What a charming Alpha.Did he even know what Luna duties entailed? A Luna wasn’t a glorified babysitter. They were the heart and soul of a pack. Where the Alpha stood as the wall of steel, the Luna was the lifeline within it – the one who ensured families thrived instead of merely survived. She nurtured morale, unity, and strength. Packs didn’t fall apart because of weak warriors; they fractured when their bonds to each other snapped.The chain was only as strong as its weakest link There was truth behind that adage. Many people mistakenly thought that it was the Alpha and warriors that showcased how strong their pack w

DANE.“Undetermined,” Adam said, voice clipped. “It was delivered with the normal mail. Nothing to identify its origins, but it was swept for prints. They’re running analysis, but it’ll take hours.”That wasn’t soon enough. Hours might as well be a lifetime. I shot a mindlink to the team, demanding that it came sooner. No excuses.The table in front of me blurred under the weight of my fury. Six photos. That’s all it took. Six fucking snapshots to unravel the illusion of control I’d built for myself. Different times and locations each time. They were clearly surveillance ones. What pissed me off was that someone was clearly watching me. Far too close for comfort.The first was of me at Euphoria, a club that I owned, leaning over the railing like a predator, scanning the crowd for below for my flavor of the night. The second one showed the blonde from that night, her lips wrapped around me. Not shame. Rage. Whoever took that shot had been right there, in my orbit, close enough to breath

ARIA.Sleep didn’t come easily at all.That wasn’t great considering the fact that I had to spar against a woman who had it out for me. What’s more was the fact that I had no idea how well she fought. It was a safe assumption that she was better trained than I was.‘We’ve got something that she doesn’t,’ Thea said, stretching out.I hummed, curious to see what she would say.‘We’re faster than most people in both of our forms. What did Jory teach you? If you don’t want to get hit, don’t be there. We might not win, but we won’t be going down without one hell of a fight.’And this was precisely why she was the best at peptalks. Those words washed over me, leaving calm behind.Then I got ready for training. I threw on leggings, tank top, and sneakers.My hair just went up into a ponytail when there was a knock at the door. Bex looked like she was ready to kick some serious ass in her shorts and sports bra. Damn. The woman had impressive muscles.“Ready?” she asked me.“As I’ll ever be.”“