All Chapters of Alpha Orion: Chapter 91 - Chapter 95

News of Alpha Orion's victory had spread throughout the North, but no one but the Lycans gathered in Clan Seven knew of his death, and Orion wanted to keep it that way.He walked into the room where Aleksandr, Caspian, Vega, a couple of warriors and the remaining five members of his council were waiting.He'd been with Rey for hours, unwilling to leave her side after they completed the mate bond, but he had to put things in order; he had to thank the very people who helped him win this war.He leaned on the cane the healer had provided to help him move around, but somehow, the pain had receded significantly since he'd been with Reylin.They rose as soon as he approached, and he frowned, his fingers tightening around the handle of his cane."Please, sit," he urged them, pulling out a vacant chair and taking a seat himself. The chieftains obeyed, their eyes fixed on him as if afraid he might disappear if they so much as blinked."I am alive," Orion said, his voice steady, carrying to ev

The days that followed blurred together.Rey threw herself into the work of helping human families leave the North, organising supplies, walking frightened children through the streets of the clans and standing beside elders as they crossed borders they never thought they'd survive to see. Most chose the long road west, toward the ruins and the promise of rebuilding. Only a handful remained behind, stubborn or weary or simply unwilling to uproot again.She didn't judge them because freedom meant choice, even when the choice was to stay.It was in the castle corridors—quite now in a way that felt earned—that she ran into Indie again.Indie froze when she saw her, her eyes going wide, and in the next second, she rushed forward, arms wrapping around Rey in a tight, desperate hug."Oh my God, Rey!""We thought you were dead," Indie blurted out, her voice shaking. "When Iver punished you and when you escaped, everyone in the castle was talking about it. We were all praying that they never

Both of them stumbled across the concrete floors toward the side hallway that led to Rey's temporary living quarters.Their boots clanged rhythmically as they half-ran past confused residents with their fingers interlaced so tightly her knuckles ached.She couldn't tell if the racing of her heart came from the excitement humming through her or from the way Orion's thumb kept tracing hers, promising obscene things once they were alone.Door after identical door blurred past until Rey slammed her palm on the access pad of her quarters. The panel slid aside with agonising sluggishness before she shoved him inside and thumbed the lock, sealing them in the hush of her small room.The instant the latch clicked into place, his mouth crashed back onto hers, rougher now. Her spine hit the cool concrete of the wall just beside the door, and breath was punched out of her.Orion's hands raked down her sides, tracing the curve of her waist before hooking under her thighs and lifting it. She wrappe