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CHAPTER 41

Cara’s POVThe forest pressed in on me, every shadow carrying the weight of eyes. I shouldn’t have followed. I told myself that a hundred times as I crept through the trees, but my body had moved before my mind caught up. Something in my chest, an invisible tether, had yanked me after Lucian.And now, I was standing in the clearing, watching him bleed.Lucian’s body was a blur of motion, his muscles straining, claws flashing as he tore into the rogue Alpha. Every sound the snap of bone, the guttural snarls ripped through me like shrapnel. I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t. Not when his blood stained the dirt. Not when every strike he took felt like it landed in my chest.The rogue Alpha’s words clung to me like poison. She is not your salvation. She is your doom.I had always known I was different. The endless training, the way my father drilled survival into me, the way the elders looked at me when they thought I wasn’t paying attention. But to hear it spoken aloud, twisted into

Last Updated : 2025-10-01

CHAPTER 42

Lucian’s POV Blood. The smell clung to me like a curse, soaking my skin, coating my tongue. No matter how many battles I’d fought, it never left me. It was worse this time, though. Because Cara had been there. Because the rogue’s claws had nearly touched her. Because if I’d been a heartbeat slower, she would have been torn from me forever. I couldn’t get the image out of my head of her standing there with a jagged branch in her hands, defiant despite her trembling legs. She hadn’t run. She hadn’t screamed. She’d faced down a monster. And my wolf, Kai, had nearly lost his mind seeing her in danger. “She’s ours,” he growled inside me, pacing, restless. “We almost lost her. Never again.” My grip on the steering wheel tightened until it creaked. We were halfway back to the packhouse, Cara in the passenger seat beside me. Her head leaned against the window, her breathing even, but I could see the way her fingers curled against her thighs. She was pretending to be calm, but I knew

Last Updated : 2025-10-01

CHAPTER 43

Cara’s POV Sleep never came. Even when I dragged myself back inside, curled up under my sheets, and shut my eyes tight, all I could feel was the ghost of Lucian’s hand around mine. All I could hear was his voice telling me this was inevitable.By the time dawn broke, I was restless and worn out. Training was the last thing I wanted, but duty wasn’t optional. I forced myself up, dressed, and tied my hair back before heading to the clearing. The air was cool, crisp, but the pit in my stomach was heavy. Cyran was already there, waiting. His dark hair glinted in the rising sun, his stance relaxed but sharp in that way only he could manage. When his eyes found mine, they softened, warm in a way that Lucian’s never were.“You didn’t sleep,” he said simply.I stiffened. “Neither did you.”He tilted his head, almost smiling. “True. But I don’t have shadows under my eyes.”I gave him a flat look, but my chest warmed despite myself. Cyran had that effect—steady, grounding. He didn’t demand,

Last Updated : 2025-10-03

CHAPTER 44

Cara’s POVBy the time night fell, the tension from training still clung to me like a second skin. Every movement replayed in my head Lucian’s glare, Cyran’s steady eyes, the way my voice trembled when I told them to stop. The whole pack probably felt the ripple of their energy clash. Alphas didn’t argue quietly.I sat on the small balcony outside my room, knees pulled to my chest, looking at the dark stretch of woods. The moonlight poured over the treetops, calm and indifferent to the chaos inside me. My wolf, Nira, paced in my mind, restless and confused.“He’s our mate,” she whispered again. Her voice was steady but filled with longing. “You felt it when he said your name.”I shut my eyes. “And what if I don’t want him?”She went still. “You can’t ignore fate.”“Fate?” I let out a shaky breath. “Or a bond that doesn’t care about what I want?”Nira didn’t answer. She never did when I questioned the bond. It wasn’t her fault. Wolves were loyal to instinct, to connection, to the pull

Last Updated : 2025-10-05

CHAPTER 45

Cara’s POVThe sun had barely risen when I opened my eyes, but sleep had already given up on me hours ago. My pillow was cold, the sheets tangled from tossing all night. The silence pressed down on me, heavy and endless.Jayden hadn’t come back.I told myself I was fine with that. I told myself I wanted him gone. But my chest ached in that familiar way, like a wound that refused to close. Every breath reminded me of the argument, the words we threw like blades, and how neither of us tried to stop the bleeding.I got out of bed, grabbed my cloak, and stepped outside. The morning air was sharp, filled with pine and frost. I needed distance, not from the pack, but from him. From the part of me that still believed he could change.I walked past the warriors’ quarters and down the narrow path that led to the training grounds. No one noticed me. Or maybe they did, but no one dared to speak. Being the Alpha’s mate still meant something, even if it no longer felt like anything.I stopped at t

Last Updated : 2025-10-05

CHAPTER 46

Jayden’s POVThe moment Lucian returned alone, I knew she was gone. He didn’t have to say a word. The look in his eyes said it all.For a long time, neither of us spoke. I stood by the window in my office, staring at the forest beyond the packhouse. The trees looked different now, darker somehow. Every rustle in the wind sounded like her leaving.“When?” I asked finally.“Early,” Lucian said. “Before dawn.”“And you let her go?”He didn’t flinch. “You asked me to protect her, not to cage her.”I turned to face him, my jaw tight. “You think she’s safe out there?”“She’s stronger than you think,” he said quietly. “You taught her that.”That hit harder than it should have. I looked away, my hands curling into fists. I wanted to punch something, break something, anything to drown out the truth in his words.Instead, I said nothing.Lucian studied me for a long time before speaking again. “You pushed her too far, Jayden. Whatever control you thought you had it’s gone. And if you want her b

Last Updated : 2025-10-06

CHAPTER 47

Cara’s POVThe forest was quieter than I expected. Not peaceful just silent in that tense, listening way that made every breath sound too loud. The kind of silence that waits to see what you’ll do next.I’d been walking for hours. My boots were caked with dirt, my legs heavy, but I didn’t stop. Every step away from the pack felt like something I needed to do, even if I didn’t know where it would lead.For the first time in years, I wasn’t being watched. No guards. No Alpha orders. No expectations hanging over me like chains. Just me and the wild.Freedom didn’t feel as light as I thought it would. It felt heavy. Real. And for a second, I wondered if this was what Jayden had been trying to protect me from all along—the weight of standing on my own.But then I remembered his voice. His orders. His refusal to listen when I needed him to. I clenched my fists. No, this was better. I needed space to breathe, to figure out who I was without him defining it for me.By midday, I reached the ed

Last Updated : 2025-10-08

CHAPTER 48

LUCAN’S POVThe night was still, yet my wolf was restless. The forest around the packhouse carried the scent of blood, iron, and smoke. We had buried the last of the rogues an hour ago, but my mind hadn’t settled since. Cara’s blood still lingered on my hands, a reminder of how close she’d come to being taken from me.I’d trained her to fight. I’d warned her to never hesitate. But watching her throw herself between me and a rogue had done something I hadn’t expected—it shook me.She wasn’t supposed to protect me. That wasn’t how it worked. I was the Alpha. She was the one I was meant to keep safe.The door to her room was slightly open when I passed. I should have kept walking, but my feet betrayed me. I stopped, listening. Her breathing was shallow, uneven. Pain. I pushed the door open quietly.She was asleep, but her body twisted restlessly, her skin pale against the sheets. The scent of healing herbs filled the room. The wound on her side had closed, but the exhaustion ran deeper.

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

CHAPTER 49

Cara’s POVThe air tasted like metal. The patrol’s scent report was a bruise on my senses. They had found evidence of the Crescent Moon. Once extinct, now back in the dark. Lucian’s warning had been right. The peace we had patched together after the last attack was as fragile as a wet cloth.I had been on the edge of the camp when the scouts returned. They limped into the clearing in a line, heads low. One carried a broken spear. Another had a torn sleeve. Eyes met mine in quick flashes. They wanted orders. They needed direction. They wanted a leader who would do more than bark commands.I stepped forward.My body still ached from the wound. My bandages had a brown fringe where the dried blood met the cloth. That physical pain helped. It kept my mind sharp. It kept the panic from rising.Lucian watched from the shadow of the trees. He didn’t join me. He trusted me to take the first step. That trust felt like hot coals in my chest.“Report.” My voice was steady. No tremor. They answer

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

CHAPTER 50

Cara’s POVThe storm outside had not stopped for hours. Rain lashed against the windows of the safe house, echoing the chaos in my chest. Every drop sounded like a heartbeat I couldn’t control. Every flash of lightning reminded me of Lucian’s eyes the moment I left him standing in the woods.He hadn’t said a word when I turned away. He didn’t have to. The silence between us had already said everything.I stood by the window, watching the treeline blur through the downpour. My fingers trembled around the pendant he’d given me before the council meeting. It still pulsed faintly with his scent, a reminder of the bond that refused to fade no matter how much distance I put between us.Jayden had found the cabin. He’d told me it was the only place the rogues wouldn’t search. His scent filled the air now, cedar and danger. I had thought I could handle being near him. I was wrong.“Cara,” Jayden’s voice came from behind me, low and steady. “You haven’t slept since we got here.”“I’m fine,” I

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

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