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All Chapters of The Alpha’s Shadow Luna: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Go, I told myself. Just go. He was my fiancé, so why did approaching him feel like walking toward my execution?I wove between knots of packmates, forcing certainty into my steps. A few younger wolves eyed me with sad, knowing smiles that made my stomach twist. Did they see it too? The way I was unraveling?Shane's gaze lifted when my shadow fell across the bench. I saw a flicker of something … annoyance, or maybe dread? He quickly hid it behind a smile. The one that never reached his eyes anymore."Hey," I said, cursing the catch in my voice."Hey yourself." He slid over. "You're late. I was about to send a search party.""I had to help Anton with inventory." The lie came easily, using my brother to hide the truth. I'd stood outside for fifteen minutes, trying to convince myself to go in, that I still mattered to him.He laughed, but it was automatic. "Always the good sister."That stung more than it should have. Good sister. Never the good fiancé. Never the one he wanted. I buried t

Chapter 2

I tried one last time. "So, are we going to run together tomorrow? Same teams?"Mary smiled at me like I was a child. "I'm leading the east flank. Shane's with me. Didn't you hear?" She glanced at him, conspiratorial. "They need us to coordinate. Too many new pups this year."My face flushed. "I hadn't heard." I wasn’t even on my fiancé’s team? I set up this year’s games and somehow Mary managed to hijack it. She even set up teams and left me out of the game this year. I should have told her no. I should have said something. Instead, I sat there. Feeling myself disappear in plain sight.Mary squeezed my knee, too hard to be friendly. "We'll let you know how it goes. You can always run clean-up behind us."Laughter erupted, but I didn't join in.A commotion yanked Mary's attention. Someone called her name. She squeezed Shane's hand and glided away.I took a breath. Last chance. "So, tonight ... do you want to watch a movie?"He hesitated, and in that split second, I saw the answer. "Ma

Chapter 3

I'd made it barely twenty feet from the door before the night stopped me. I wasn't going to let anyone see me fall apart. I could wait out here until the crowd thinned, then confront Shane about ending this. That was the plan, until I heard voices shift behind the doors.It was Mary's entrance. I hovered at the edge of the porch, hunched into my sweater. Through the window, I saw her, hair braided back with silver ribbon, skin gleaming against her navy-blue dress. She walked with calculated poise, her gaze locked onto Shane, her lips curling.Mary crossed the room in five deliberate strides. When she reached him, the entire table quieted. She rested her hand on his shoulder, just a whisper of contact. They stared at each other, two magnets locked in silent challenge."I brought you something," Mary said, her voice velvet. She unwrapped a long, narrow box and set it before Shane. A silver dagger glinted in the light."It's from the Moonlight Memories store," Mary said, flashing teeth.

Chapter 4

I knew I had to let my brother know what was going on. After all, he took Shane as his beta because I’d insisted. It was only right that I explain I messed up. I let my feelings get in the way. Anton had every right to be angry with me.My brother lost his fated mate in an accident a couple of years ago. Since then, I’d done my best to be there and support him as much as I could. He hadn’t been the same since he lost Emelia, but I didn’t know of any wolf who would have returned to normal.Fated mates were not the things you read about in storybooks. There wasn’t this instant part of your wolf that cries out, mate. Instead, it was something that started gradually. Your wolves learned about the other and discovered they were mates. It took time, and the fated mate connection was rare. So rare that most wolves dated and chose their own mate. Part of the reason it was rare was because you could miss your fated mate if you weren’t looking for it. Honestly, most wolves weren’t looking for i

Chapter 5

Dawn came like a blade, sharp and clean. I’d been awake for an hour already, watching the light creep across my ceiling in slow degrees, tracing the cracks in the plaster like a map to somewhere else. Somewhere better. My duffel sat by the door, packed and zipped, a monument to my resolve. I’d rehearsed this moment in my head last night a dozen times, but now that it was here, my hands were steadier than I’d expected. Maybe it was easier to be brave when you had nothing left to lose.I descended the stairs with my spine straight, each step deliberate. I made it halfway down the stairs before I heard their voices, one pitched low, the other bright and chipper.Shane and Mary were already at the breakfast table. They sat across from each other, the remnants of a meal scattered between them. Mary wore a new lemon-yellow dress that she probably had Shane buy for her. She looked like spring incarnate, all warmth and bloom, while I felt like midwinter in my plain hoodie and jeans. Her laugh

Chapter 6

My office was small but functional, walls lined with maps of our territory and the surrounding lands, my desk cluttered with training schedules and supply manifests. It wasn't glamorous, but it was mine. I moved behind the desk and gestured to the chair across from me. Darien didn't sit. He stood rigid, hands clasped behind his back, his eyes sweeping over the room with the same clinical precision he'd used in the breakfast room.Finally, his gaze settled on me."Tell me," he said, his tone flat and dismissive, "what does the sister to the alpha think she can do for this job?"My jaw tightened. I felt the words like a slap, the condescension dripping from every syllable. He continued before I could respond, his lips curling into something that wasn't quite a sneer. "There are no shopping malls up north. No spas. No luxury. Just cold, hard work."I scoffed, the sound sharp and bitter. I stood, planting my hands on the desk, leaning forward until we were nearly eye to eye. "You would ne

Chapter 7

The airport was a blur of motion and noise, bodies pressing too close, voices echoing off sterile walls. I clutched my duffel and followed Darien through security, through the gates, into the belly of the plane. He moved with the kind of confidence that parted crowds, never looking back to see if I was keeping up. I was, barely, my boots scuffing against the industrial carpet as I tried not to lose sight of his dark coat in the sea of travelers.Our seats weren't together. Of course they weren't. Darien disappeared toward the front of the plane, first class probably, while I wedged myself into a middle seat near the back between a man who smelled like stale coffee and a woman who immediately claimed both armrests. I shoved my bag under the seat in front of me and buckled in, staring at the headrest ahead like it held answers to the questions in my head.The flight was long. Longer than I'd expected. I watched the landscape shift beneath us through the tiny window when the coffee man f

Chapter 8

I turned to stare at him, eyebrows raised. "Excuse me?""You're attractive," he said, matter-of-factly, like he was commenting on the weather. "It's not a compliment, just a fact. So I'm asking."My jaw tightened. "Do you have a girlfriend?"He glared at me, eyes narrowing.I leaned back, crossing my arms. "If we're going to be close enough to have this conversation, you should share, too."He snorted, a sound caught somewhere between annoyance and amusement. "I've been too busy to look for a woman to be by my side. Besides, I want to find my mate."I blinked, genuinely shocked. "Your mate? Darien, that's … rare. Most wolves don't even recognize their mates anymore. It takes time, connection. You could miss her entirely and never even know."His expression didn't waver. "It depends on your wolf and your instincts. I use my beast. I keep its feral nature close. It shouldn't take me months to recognize my mate. I don't plan on missing her."I stared at him, something twisting in my ches

Chapter 9

LeahThe cold was a living thing. It clawed at my face, bit through my coat, found every seam and gap in my clothing and burrowed deep. I'd thought I understood cold, thought the winters back home had prepared me for this. I was wrong. This wasn't just weather. This was punishment.I stood at the edge of the training grounds, watching warriors move through drills with mechanical precision. They were dressed in furs and heavy leather, their breath clouding the air in thick plumes. Snow swirled across the packed ice beneath their boots, and not one of them seemed bothered by the wind that threatened to knock me sideways.This was madness. Who trained outside in this frozen wasteland?But here I was, clipboard in hand, fingers frozen, tasked with assessing these wolves like I had any right to judge them. Like I belonged here.I didn't. And they knew it. And I was wondering why they really wanted someone here?Every eye found me eventually. Some glanced and looked away quickly, dismissive

Chapter 10

DarienI hadn't planned to stay.The balcony above the training yard was cold as hell, the wind cutting through even the thick fur lining of my coat. I'd come up here to check on the new officers, to see if Leah was making any progress with them. A quick glance, maybe ten minutes, then I'd head back inside to deal with the mountain of paperwork waiting on my desk.But then she'd stepped onto the training field, and I'd stayed.I told myself it was professional curiosity. She was an unknown variable, an outsider brought in to help rebuild a pack that had been gutted and restructured. I needed to know if she could handle herself. She wasn’t the first we had asked to come to the pack. Everyone else left with their tails tucked the following day. Did we really need help? No, we were doing our own assessment. So, I stayed watching, making sure she was up to the task.That's what I told myself.But when Ronan started circling her, when his growl echoed across the yard, something in me still

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