All Chapters of Her Ruthless Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 34

TheoWe don’t return to the manor as victors.We return as a warning.The forest parts for us in uneasy silence as dawn threatens the horizon, the blood moon finally dimming behind a veil of cloud. Silver Lake is miles behind us, but its echo clings to my bones—the howl, the kneeling wolves, the certainty that something ancient has been loosed into the world.Sofia walks beside me, wrapped in one of my coats, her steps steady despite the strain still threading through her body. The bond between us has changed. It no longer pulls—it listens. Waiting.Every patrol we pass lowers its head.Some drop to one knee without realizing it.That alone makes the meeting unavoidable.By the time the manor gates close behind us, sentinels are already whispering. Scouts report unusual movements along the borders. Messengers arrive breathless with news of Elders sealing territories, of Council symbols burned into trees like threats.This is no longer a rumor.This is an escalation.I call the war cou

The banner appears first.Black cloth edged with silver thread, raised high on a spear as it crests the ridge beyond Moonveil’s eastern border. No insignia. No pack mark. Just a deliberate absence where allegiance should be.A false truce.The sentries feel it before they see him.The air changes—thickens, as if the land itself recoils. Wolves on patrol slow, then stop altogether. Hackles rise. Teeth are bare without conscious thought. Even the trees seem to lean away from the approaching figures, leaves trembling though no wind blows.Whispers ripple along the border like a sickness.Banished.Ghos