All Chapters of The Silver Wolf : Shards Of The Moon : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter One: The Burden of Breakfast​　The first lie we tell the humans is that we don't exist. The second, and more insidious lie, is the one we tell ourselves: that the Moon Goddess is fair.​　She isn’t. She’s arbitrary, and her judgment is final.​　In the world of the supernatural—the wolves, the witches, the vampires that flit in the shadows—the werewolf shift at age sixteen is the rite of passage. It is the agonizing, glorious breaking of bones and stretching of skin that turns a fragile teenager into a powerhouse of instinct and muscle. It’s what defines you.​　I know the biology by heart: the first shift is the worst. Bones shatter, rebuild. The skin tears to make way for the coat. The primal, animalistic craving for the moon’s light takes over. After that, it’s painless, an easy slip between forms.​　Or so I’m told. Because two years ago, on my sixteenth birthday, when the rest of the Shadow Creek Pack gathered, breath held tight with anticipation for the Beta’s daughter, the

​📜 Chapter Three: The Hidden Journal and the Silver Wolf Ritual​　My mother. The thought hit me like a physical blow, scattering the already fragile pieces of my composure. My mother, Lyra Thorne, the former Beta female, had abandoned me emotionally the moment I failed to shift. She was currently on a mandatory ‘diplomatic’ visit to a nearby pack—a move Gareth had arranged to distance himself from my failure.​　Alpha Gareth is not the one holding the item I seek. Your mother is.​　I stumbled out of Kael’s suite, the silver locket and the cryptic leather-bound journal feeling impossibly heavy. I hid the journal in the one place I knew no one would ever look: beneath the warped floorboard in my laundry room 'bedroom.'​　Later that evening, while the pack was distracted by the official welcoming feast—an affair I was barred from attending—Elias came to the laundry room, his expression etched with a deadly calm.​　"Kael is a sociopath," Elias hissed, checking the windows. "He broke Ronan

​🕳️ Chapter Five: Captivity or Sanctuary?​　The voice was raspy, laced with the metallic taste of blood and triumph. It was close—too close.​　My breath hitched. I scrambled back, pressing myself against the rough stone wall of the small crevice. The journal dug into my ribs, a painful, constant reminder of the chaos I was now at the center of.​　The Scavenger—I could only assume it was one of them—shown aside a thicket of brush covering the entrance to the crevice.​　He was huge, dressed in ragged, dark leather, with eyes that glowed an unnatural, toxic yellow. A wide gash was bleeding profusely down his chest, likely from Kael’s silver claws.​　"Look at what the mighty Silver Alpha was protecting," the Scavenger sneered, his lips pulled back from his teeth. "A filthy, wolf-less toy."​　I didn't move. I simply held his gaze, trying to project the kind of cold defiance Kael Blackwood would expect. I reached into my pocket, my finger hovering over the locator button—press once for dan

​🩸 Chapter Seven: The Awakening and the Price​　I woke to darkness, the scent of antiseptic, and the low, frantic rhythm of a heartbeat that wasn't mine.​　My body felt strangely heavy, yet simultaneously weightless. The pain from the Claiming Bite was a dull throb, but the rest of my aches—the bruises from Shadow Creek, the constant low-level fatigue—were gone. I felt… clean.​　I blinked, the room slowly coming into focus. I was lying on a cot in the corner of the small lodge, covered by heavy blankets. Kael Blackwood was sitting on the floor beside me, his back propped against the wall. He was shirtless, his shoulders broad and corded with muscle, and he was staring, wide-eyed, at my unconscious hand.​　I followed his gaze.​　My hand was clenched. Around my wrist, a delicate, icy cuff of pure silver metal was visible, glinting even in the dim light. It was beautiful, ornate, and clearly magical.​　"What happened?" I asked, my voice thin and dry.​　Kael didn't look at me, still star

​🗡️ Chapter Nine: The Betrayal of Blood​　Lyra returned an hour later with a tablet loaded with Silver Moon Pack lore, and a fresh change of clothes. She didn't look at me directly, clearly unnerved by the Anchor's increased power.​　"The Alpha requires you to wear this," she said, handing me a dress made of heavy, dark velvet. It was beautiful, formal, and looked impossibly difficult to tear.​　"Why the formality?" I asked, taking the dress.​　"It’s a traditional Silver Moon garment for a new mate. But more practically, Alpha Kael has reinforced the lining with a fine layer of silver thread. It helps channel the Anchor's static energy away from the interior of the cabin. It’s for our safety, not yours." Her honesty was stark.​　I put the dress on. It was constricting, heavy, and made me feel more like a prisoner dressed for execution than a newly claimed mate.​　I spent the afternoon hunched over the tablet and the journal, searching for any magical counter-measure to the Thorn. The