All Chapters of The Alpha Queen and her Human Mate: Chapter 51 - Chapter 53

Chapter Fifty-One: Shadows and Storms Snow fell in fine, whispering flakes as dawn bled into the pine-shrouded lands of Shadowstorm. The air was cold enough to sting the lungs, but Raven barely felt it as she moved along the southern border with Luca and Kael, Thorne and two of his wolves flanking the ridge above them, watchful and silent. It had been days since Kael returned, battered but alive, carrying warnings of The Wraith’s approach. Since then, the pack had shifted into disciplined preparation: training drills in the snow, border patrols running on rotating shifts, weapons checked and rechecked, the scent of pine and steel filling the compound. Shadowstorm was ready, and Raven could feel it. They moved in silence, the only sounds the soft crunch of snow under boots and the distant caw of a raven overhead. Raven’s senses were stretched outward, Shadow humming quietly within her, alert, patient, and waiting. Luca lifted a hand suddenly, signaling them to stop. His head tilte

Chapter Fifty-Three: First Blood The moon hung heavy and full over Shadowstorm pack, casting silver light across the snow-blanketed pines. Frost clung to the branches like crystals, the cold so sharp it felt like glass in the lungs. Raven moved through the compound quietly, her boots crunching softly on the frozen ground, Shadow quiet but alert within her as she checked along the fences. Tonight felt different. The air was too still. The forest too quiet. Storms came before the silence. So did death. Luca stepped out from the shadows near the north fence, his eyes narrowing as he scanned the treeline. “You feel it too,” he said quietly. Raven nodded, her gaze locked on the dark pines. “They’re here.” A distant howl echoed across the frozen land, followed by another, closer this time. Not the call of a wolf greeting the moon, but a hunting cry. A warning. A threat. Raven’s head snapped around as Ragnar approached, his steps silent, his eyes alive with sparks of lightning as