All Chapters of Heart of the Wolf Queen: Chapter 71 - Chapter 73

Veyra moved through the shadowed corridors of the pack hall with quiet precision, her mind mapping every detail of the upcoming day. Small gestures, subtle words, positioning of wolves all of it mattered. She paused at the edge of the training grounds, watching from a distance as the younger wolves practiced combat stances, noting where attention lagged and where she could quietly guide.Selene, patrolling nearby, caught the faintest movement of Veyra’s figure in the corner of her eye. Her instincts flared, a subtle prickle under her skin that she had learned to trust. Veyra’s posture was calm, almost casual, but there was something deliberate in the way she moved, a controlled precision that didn’t belong to ordinary wolf behavior.Selene’s lips pressed together as she slowed her pace. She watched as Veyra approached a small group of trainees, kneeling to adjust a wrist position, murmuring something low enough that only they could hear. The wol

The pack did not celebrate the victory.They cleaned blood from in silence, burned what could not be buried, and spoke in low voices that never quite rose above the wind. Fires were kept small. Songs were absent. Even the pups, usually restless after chaos, stayed close to their mothers, sensing the weight in the air.Selene moved through it all like a ghost.She helped where she could binding wounds, steadying shaking hands, offering quiet words but something inside her felt frayed, stretched thin. The rogue attack had been sharper than before, that it made her wonder if they would be able to counterrattackt if they decided to come with full forcShe climbed the steps to the pack house as the night settled fully, her body aching in ways that had nothing to do with the fight. The moon hung high and bright, silver light spilling across the roofline.She didn’t stop until she reached the rooftop.Up here, the air was cooler. Quieter. The