Semua Bab The Blue Alpha : Bab 1 - Bab 10

The wind had no allegiance in Kael Azure’s territory. It swept through the narrow valleys like a messenger, carrying the scents of fear, fire, and blood. Kael stood on the ridge overlooking the pack village, shoulders straight, hands folded behind him. The air was heavy with tension, but he breathed it in as if it were ordinary. He had carried heavier burdens before—far heavier.Below, the argument had erupted. Two pack leaders, both claiming rights to the same territory, were circling each other like predators. Voices sharpened into knives, teeth bared, claws half-extended. Kael could feel the weight of their emotions pressing against him: anger, fear, suspicion, desire. Normally, he would step in, make the decision, and the conflict would dissolve. But this time, he let them struggle a little longer.“Blue,” someone whispered behind him. It was Seris, his second-in-command, a silent shadow who had learned to read the world in the same wavelength he did.“They’ll hurt themselves,” sh

The first night Iria spent in Kael’s territory was quiet, but not peaceful. The village slept under the watch of the mountains, but Kael did not. He stood on the ridge again, hands folded behind him, eyes scanning the faint outlines of huts below. Every pack member’s heartbeat, every whispered fear, every hidden grudge pressed against him as if the night itself had weight.Except hers.Iria’s presence was an anomaly. Not because she was afraid—she wasn’t—but because she did not register. She moved through the village like a shadow immune to the pull of the Blue Alpha, like a stone thrown into a river that didn’t ripple. Kael could feel the faint echo of her emotions—grief buried deep, resolve sharper than steel—but it did not press against him. It lingered at the edges, untouchable, and for the first time in decades, he felt unmoored.He leaned against the ridge’s cold stone, closing his eyes briefly. Normally, the weight of the pack was heavy enough to anchor him. But she—she was a v

The silence in the council hall was not empty.It pressed.Kael Azure stood at the center of it, hands clasped behind his back, spine straight, chin lifted just enough to be read as control and not defiance. The stone beneath his boots was cold, but that was nothing new. Cold had long ago learned the shape of him.Around him, the elders sat in a crescent, their presence heavy with judgment they pretended was neutrality.They were afraid.Not of his strength.Of what he represented.“Three packs have sent inquiries,” Elder Rhun said at last, fingers steepled. “They want confirmation that you are… stable.”Kael did not react. Not outwardly.Inside him, something tightened.“Stable,” he repeated, voice even.“Yes.” Elder Maera leaned forward, eyes sharp as flint. “A Blue Alpha who has ruled uninterrupted for this long is… unprecedented.”There it was.Not concern.Suspicion.Kael’s gaze moved slowly across the room. He let it linger. Let them feel the weight of his attention without offe

By morning, the pack had decided.Not openly.Not formally.But Iria felt it the moment she stepped into the courtyard.Conversation thinned as she passed. Eyes lingered longer than curiosity required. Bodies angled subtly—protective here, exclusionary there. The pack wasn’t unified, but it was no longer neutral.She had become something that demanded interpretation.A threat.Or a tool.Neither role interested her.She stopped near the training grounds, where several wolves sparred in human form, movements controlled but aggressive. The crack of fist against forearm echoed sharp in the air.One of them misjudged a strike.The impact landed harder than intended.The tension snapped.The fighters froze, breath heavy, eyes flicking instinctively toward the keep.Waiting.For correction.Iria followed their gaze.Kael stood at the edge of the grounds, hands at his sides, posture calm. Too calm. His presence alone was enough to still the space, like pressure settling after a storm.The fi

Iria packed before sunrise.Not because she was afraid of being caught unprepared—but because delay invited interference.Her room looked unchanged when she finished. Bed neatly made. Pack returned to its corner. Window shuttered against the pale light creeping over the horizon. Nothing about the space suggested urgency.That, too, was deliberate.She had learned long ago that leaving quietly unsettled people far more than defiance ever could.Outside her door, footsteps paused.She didn’t reach for the knife strapped beneath her coat. Whoever it was had no intention of attacking.A knock followed—soft, hesitant.“Iria.”Rhun’s voice.She opened the door.He looked older in the grey light, lines etched deeper around his eyes. Guilt sat on his shoulders like something he’d agreed to carry without complaint.“You should go now,” he said.“I know.”“They’ll escort you to the border,” he continued. “Officially. To keep appearances intact.”She studied him. “Unofficially?”Rhun hesitated.