All Chapters of Crimson Outcast: Chapter 51 - Chapter 53

The author’s POVThe Goddess’s WolfThe forest was hushed after the storm. Not a leaf stirred, not a cricket dared sing. The trees still leaned toward the clearing, bent as though in worship, their branches bowed to the white-and-silver wolf who now lay trembling upon the earth.Amara’s form shimmered faintly in the moonlight, fur fading back into skin, claws retreating into delicate hands. She shifted slowly, painfully, until the girl was left where the goddess’s wolf had been. Exhausted, unconscious, yet glowing faintly with the remnants of divine fire.Blake knelt beside her, his arms encircling her fragile body as though he could shield her from the very will of the goddess herself. His golden lycan fur had faded, but his eyes remained sharp with both fear and wonder. He had seen his mate reborn, and though it terrified him, it also filled him with a pride too vast to name.Victoria-Ann watched in silence, her expression carved of marble. Where others might have wept at the sight,

Alpha victor’s POVThe parchment was heavy in my hands, sealed with crimson wax stamped with the crest of the royal Blood Moon pack. When I broke it open and read the words inside, my chest tightened with a weight I had long expected yet dreaded all the same.The Royal Blood Moon Pack requests the honor of your presence at the mating ceremony of Prince Blake and Amara…Amara.I let out a slow breath, folding the letter carefully before setting it down upon my desk. My thoughts churned. I had known this day was coming—the day the kingdom would bind itself to the girl of three lines. But knowing it and standing witness to it were two very different burdens.“Victor?” Lina’s voice was soft as she stepped into my study. My Luna moved with quiet grace, her hands folded before her, though her amber eyes searched mine. “Is it what I think it is?”I gave a single nod. “The ceremony.”She exhaled, a small sound, and glanced toward the door. “Then we must prepare. For us… and for them.”Her mea