All Chapters of Moonlight Pact: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

POV: MayaBy the third day, I stopped feeling like a guest.Not because anyone said I wasn’t one.Because no one treated me like one anymore.I learned the rhythm by watching: who poured coffee first, who waited, who never sat with their back to the windows. I learned which doors stayed unlocked and which ones were never touched. I learned that when Kai entered a room, conversations didn’t stop.They recalibrated.Rowan was healing.Slowly.Not wrong—just not right.I didn’t comment on it again. I didn’t ask questions. I just… paid attention.Which was apparently my new personality trait.Outside, the pack moved with purpose today. Not alarm. Not calm.Readiness.That felt worse.POV: KaiDay three was when problems stopped pretending they were temporary.Scouts reported nothing unusual.Which meant something was being set up.I stood at the edge of pack land, eyes on the tree line, feeling the border respond to my presence like a muscle flexing under skin.The old presence hadn’t pus

POV: MayaI didn’t notice her at first.Which, in hindsight, felt deliberate.She slid into the space beside Rowan like she’d always been allowed to. Not touching him exactly. Just close enough to count. Her hand brushed his arm when she laughed. Her knee angled toward his like gravity had opinions.Rowan stiffened.Not flinch-stiff. Not guilty.Aware.I watched the whole thing over the rim of my mug.Interesting.The she-wolf was pretty in a sharp, efficient way. Confident. Comfortable. The kind of person who didn’t ask if a seat was taken because the answer had always been yes.She said something low to Rowan.He answered politely.Too politely.I took another sip of coffee and felt something sour settle in my stomach.Huh.That was new.“So,” I said, cutting in without raising my voice, “is this where I pretend not to notice you stealing my human traffic controller?”The she-wolf blinked.Rowan turned toward me instantly. “I wasn’t—”“I know,” I said pleasantly. “You were just stan

POV: MayaI didn’t mean to say it.That’s the annoying part.We were in the kitchen. Midday. People drifting in and out like this was normal life and not a supernatural pressure cooker with coffee.Rowan was leaning against the counter, one arm clearly not pulling its full weight even though he’d pretend otherwise if asked. Two wolves were talking near the doorway, voices low.I was stirring my tea.Watching.Always watching, apparently.“You know,” I said lightly, without looking up, “it’s kind of weird how everyone adjusts around me without realizing they’re doing it.”Silence.Not dramatic silence.The kind where something clicks.I glanced up.One of the wolves by the door had gone still. Not tense. Just… aware.Rowan’s posture changed. Not defensive. Focused.“What do you mean,” he asked.I shrugged. “Traffic patterns. Seating. Who stands where. It’s not conscious.”I tilted my head, thinking it through as I spoke.“It’s like the pack already decided something and no one bothered

POV: MayaFor the record, I didn’t mean to walk in on anything.The lodge at night was confusing—too many corridors, not enough signs, and the kind of shadows that looked like they were waiting for gossip. I was trying to find water. That’s it.And then there they were.Aria and Kai.Not close. Not far.Just standing by the open door that led to the treeline, the cold slipping in around them like it had permission.They weren’t talking.They were… listening.The forest was louder tonight, and not in the normal way. It wasn’t wind, and it wasn’t wolves. It was pressure—the kind that pressed against your ribs from the inside.Aria whispered, “It knows I’m awake.”Kai’s reply came low. “Then it’s watching you, not the pack.”“That’s supposed to make me feel better?”“No,” he said simply. “It’s supposed to make it honest.”I should’ve backed away.Normal people would’ve backed away.But something in the air changed—like an invisible cord stretched between them, humming with awareness.Ari

POV: AriaIt began with stillness.Not calm. Not peace.Stillness like the world was holding its breath, waiting to see who would blink first.I stood at the border again. Not across it. Not close enough to be pulled. Just close enough to feel how the ground changed beneath my feet, how the air carried a different weight.My wolf stood up inside me.Not pushing. Not restless.Ready.“Kai.”He was already there. I hadn’t heard his steps, but I felt him the way you feel an anchor lock into place.“I know,” he said.That was all.No questions. No warnings.He didn’t step in front of me. He didn’t take my arm. He stood beside me, shoulder to shoulder, like the choice was mine and his role was simply to stay, no matter which way it fell.The forest shifted.Not wind. Not animals.Attention.I took a slow breath. “It’s waiting.”“Yes.”“Not for me to answer,” I continued. “For me to choose.”Kai nodded once. “There’s a difference.”My wolf pressed forward, low but clear. Not go. Not run.St