All Chapters of The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

HENRYDays before the ball.Silas tried to kill me the moment I walked into the abandoned warehouse. I saw the knife in his hand before he even moved. Young, arrogant pup.“I don’t need a washed-up Alpha’s help,” he sneered, circling me. “Your own daughter humiliated you. Your pack is gone. You’re nothing.”I kept my hands visible, my expression calm. “You need me,” I said, my voice steady. “Because you’re smart, but you’re not cruel enough. Not yet. You want Luciano’s pack, but you don’t know how to break him. I do.”He paused, the knife hovering. “And how’s that?”“You hurt his mate, he gets angry. You kill his mate, he gets vengeful. But if you use his mate to make him fail… to make him watch her suffer because of his own mistakes… that breaks an Alpha. That shatters him. And I know how to make her suffer. She’s my blood. I know every weak spot.”Silas watched me, his cold eyes calculating. After a long moment, he lowered the knife. “Start talking.”A few days later I stood in the

LUCIANO “Rowan!” I mind-linked the other man, the thought screaming through my head. “Change of plan! They're split up! East and west! I don't know which is which! Take your team east! Now!”“On it, Alpha!”I took a step toward the western direction, my body already coiling to run, to shift, to tear through the forest to find her.Silas's voice stopped me."Oh, I did forget to mention the catch," he said, and now a real, ugly smile touched his lips. "You have to get through me first."He didn't wait. His shift was fast and seamless. One second he was a man, the next a large, sleek wolf with fur the color of dried blood and eyes that glowed amber in the dark. He crouched, teeth bared."And Luciano?" Henry's voice came from the side. He was shifting too, his own wolf form emerging, grizzled and gray but still powerful. "There's a time limit. If you're not fast enough… well, you can imagine."Two against one. In the middle of enemy woods. And my mate was waiting in one direction, her li

LUCIANOMy gaze darkened. I slowly dragged my eyes back to his. My wolf was at the surface, my vision sharpening, my anger just at the edge. “You’re hurting my mate,” I said, each word holding a promise of vengeance.“I’ll do worse!” he shrieked. “I swear!”I took a deep, steadying breath, letting him see me surrender. “Alright,” I said, my shoulders slumping slightly. “I swear to the Moon Goddess…”He leaned forward, desperation clouding his eyes. “Yes? Go on!”I smiled, a cruel, predatory twist of my lips. “…to give you a head start before I kill you.”His face whipped back, confusion swimming in his eyes. The words didn’t compute. A head start… before I kill you?That split-second of confusion was all we needed.Peniel didn’t wait for a signal. She threw her weight backward with all her strength. The wooden chair legs screeched against the stone floor. It tipped. Kael, caught off balance and already leaning backward, stumbled with her.The knife wavered, slicing a shallow line acro

LUCIANOI pulled her into my arms then, because I couldn’t stand to see her cry, even when she was in the wrong. “I know you are. But sorry doesn’t really fix this. Trust is broken. Not just mine. Members of the pack too. Elias.” She hunched her shoulders at his name. “And it has to be rebuilt. And part of that means you understand that your actions have consequences beyond just you.”I stroked her hair, “But now, how about you worry about that tomorrow and get some rest instead. Hmm?”She nodded against my chest, muttering about how she'll do better and left.The door clicked shut behind Peniel. I stood there for a long moment in the study, the weight on my shoulders gone. She was safe. Her mother was safe. That was what mattered. I sat at my desk and pulled a stack of reports toward me, needing the mindless work. I had just started when a soft knock came at the door.“Enter.”Silas stepped in. He looked tired. “Alpha.”“Report,” I said, not looking up.“We did a thorough sweep of

PENIELSomeone was shaking me awake. Gentle, but insistent.“Luna, it’s time to get up,” a familiar voice said.I groaned, burrowing deeper into the blankets. The exhaustion of the last few days was just showing now, my muscles and joints aching with the slightest movement. Then the events of last night rushed back, the dungeon, the fight with Luciano. My eyes flew open.“Preya?” I gasped, sitting up. She was standing by my bed, dressed in a simple, clean dress, her hair neatly braided. She looked like she’d had a full night’s sleep. “What the? How are you here?” I asked, my eyes wide.She gave a shrug, a little smile on her face. “Alpha Luciano had me released last night. Shortly after you left, actually.”I stared at her, stunned. After all that arguing, after his talk on all actions had consequences, he’d let her go? “Why?”“He didn’t say,” Preya said, turning to lay out some clothes for me on a chair. “But he did sent me up here and had me prepare this.” She gestured to a large, b