Semua Bab The Heart of the Pack Is Mine: Bab 1 - Bab 9

My mate, the Alpha heir Nolan, chose a rogue over me, days before our mating ceremony. But he still wants my power. He still expects me to sacrifice myself for the pack.Nolan brought that rogue, Skylar, home with him. But the Moon Goddess Festival still needed me, the future Luna, to lead it.“Pack members, tonight we—”“Enough.”Nolan’s voice slashed through my blessing.The great hall fell dead silent. Hundreds of pairs of wolf eyes darted between me and him.I stood on the high platform, the parchment in my hand trembling.But I forced my spine straight.“ I weren’t finished, Nolan,” I said. I fought to keep my voice steady, betraying nothing.He rose to his feet. Every step he took toward me was a crushing wave of Alpha power. A predator stalking his prey.“I’m sick of these empty, hollow words.” His eyes blazed with a manic fire. “The ancestors’ glory? Traditional virtues? That’s all talk for the weak!”Behind him, Skylar let out a low, mocking purr. It was the sound of a predato

I returned to my empty home.On the wall, my parents’ portrait hung silently. Their gentle smiles looked like a cruel joke in the cold moonlight.I finally collapsed, falling to my knees before them.I let the tears flow freely, my sobs the choked whimpers of a wounded animal.Grief and hatred were twin vultures, tearing me apart.But I knew this was not the time for weakness.I wiped my tears and found the chest my father had left me before his last campaign.Inside, I found it: the ancient bloodline codex, written in the old wolf tongue. It held the secrets of the Heart of the Pack.“Blood is the key, but will is the lock.”“For the resonance ceremony to succeed, the offering must be given freely. Otherwise, the transfer of power is void.”A cold, sharp smile touched my lips. My greatest weapon wasn’t my bloodline. It was the pure, undiluted hatred now singing in my veins.Nolan, you want my power?I’ll give it to you.Without hesitation, I sliced open my palm, letting my blood drip

Two days later. The mating ceremony.Nolan didn’t send his guards to drag me from the Forbidden Land until morning.He wouldn’t even let me wash. They just threw a few buckets of water over my head, a crude rinse to get the filth off.Then they tossed it at my feet—the Luna ceremonial gown I used to dream of wearing.I was an offering for the gods. A sacrifice. They dragged me to the altar, my eyes completely dead.Nolan stood across from me, his eyes holding no love, only a greedy hunger for power.Skylar sat in the front row of the guest section, watching me with the triumphant, provocative smirk of a woman who had already won.Magnus’s solemn voice rang out.“The blood resonance will now begin!”Guards presented an ancient stone box.Inside, resting quietly, was a faintly pulsing, dark-red crystal—the Heart of the Pack.Two guards held my arms, pinning me in place.An elder drew a silver knife across my wrist.Blood dripped.The crystal erupted in a blinding red light.I felt a vi

Nolan's POVAnother defensive line had fallen.Nolan stood in the war room, staring at the map on the wall.The blue markers representing the Silver Moon Pack were disappearing one by one, replaced by the Black Moon's sigil."Damn it!" He slammed his fist on the table. "Why won't the Dire Wolves listen?"The Heart of the Pack in his hand still glowed, but it did nothing."Nolan, stop torturing yourself." Skylar came up behind him, reaching out to touch his shoulder.Nolan violently shrugged her off."Don't touch me!"Her beautiful face was suddenly repulsive. Every calculated seduction, every fake gasp of concern—it all curdled in his stomach."What's wrong?" She feigned being hurt. "I was just trying to comfort you…""I don't need your comfort!" Nolan turned his back on her. "I need Della!"Skylar's expression soured."You're still thinking about her? She betrayed you! She betrayed the entire pack!""Shut up!She is much more useful than you！"Just then, Magnus strode into the war room

Della's POVNolan collapsed in a pool of his own blood, his life fading fast.He looked at Skylar, his eyes full of shattered love and despair."Why?" he trembled. "Everything between us…""Was fake." Skylar walked over to him, looking down at him. "Your kisses, your promises, your cheap 'love'… it was all just a disgusting mission to me."She crouched down and lifted his chin with her finger."Did you really think you were so charming? A man who betrays his true love, a failure who doesn't even understand the source of his own power?"Tears of blood streamed from Nolan’s eyes."I… I loved you…""Love me?" Skylar laughed. "Then why were you just begging that woman to come back?"She stood up abruptly and kicked him in the face."You never loved me. You loved the power you thought you could control."With that, she walked gracefully to Jaden and knelt respectfully on one knee."My Alpha," she reported, her voice clear and steady. "The target has been eliminated. The Silver Moon heir is