The Alpha’s Regret: The Hidden Luna’s Return의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

Five years is a lifetime in the world of the shifted. It is long enough for a forest to regrow, for a pack to forget a "useless" Delta, and for a broken heart to turn into a fortress of ice.I stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of my private office on the 80th floor of the Silver Rise Medical Center. Below me, the city was a sprawling carpet of amber lights and pulsing energy. Up here, the air was filtered, scented with expensive white tea and ozone. It was a world of logic, science, and unfathomable wealth—a world that had no room for the primitive "might-is-right" laws of the werewolf packs.I caught my reflection in the dark glass. I was no longer the girl in the oversized sweaters who looked at the ground to avoid being noticed. I wore a tailored charcoal suit that clung to my curves like a second skin. My hair, once a dull brown, had permanently shifted to a shimmering, ethereal platinum after my Lycan awakening.But it was the mask that truly defined me. A delicate, custom-ma

The infirmary of the Blackwood Pack had once been a place of healing, but now it smelled of stagnant water and old blood. The "Shadow Rot" had turned the sterile room into a tomb.I stood at the galvanized steel table, arranging my surgical tools. I had sent the triplets to the gardens with Marcus, my trusted assistant and a powerful Gamma warrior I’d hired years ago. I didn't want them seeing this. I didn't want them seeing him like this.The door groaned open. Killian walked in alone. He had stripped down to a simple pair of black training sweats, his chest bare.My breath hitched, and for a split second, the "Silver Doctor" vanished. In her place was eighteen-year-old Elena, staring at the man who had been her entire world. Even with the gray veins of the Rot branching across his ribs, he was a masterpiece of masculine power. His muscles were hard-edged, his skin bronzed by the sun, and the thick hair on his chest tapered down into a dangerously low waistband.Then I saw it.On the

The Grand Ballroom of the Blackwood Manor was a cavern of gold leaf, crystal chandeliers, and the oppressive scent of old money and champagne. Tonight was officially the "Gala of Recovery," a celebration for the pack members who had been healed by the Silver Doctor. But for me, it was a tactical deployment. It was the night I would officially dismantle the social standing of the woman who had stolen my life.I stood before the floor-to-ceiling mirror in my suite, the silence of the room punctuated only by the distant hum of the orchestra warming up below. Marcus stood behind me, his expression unreadable as he prepared to clasp the back of my gown.The dress was a masterpiece of midnight-black silk, custom-designed in the city to absorb the light around it. It wasn't just a garment; it was armor. The neckline was a sharp, architectural plunge that highlighted the star-shaped birthmark on my collarbone—the mark Killian used to kiss when we were teenagers, the mark he had forgotten the

The victory in the Great Hall should have felt sweet. Seeing Sarah dragged away to the North Tower and Silas stripped of his council seat was the justice I had dreamed of for five long years. But as I walked back to the medical wing, the air felt wrong. It wasn’t the clinical chill of the manor or the scent of cedar and pine; it was a heavy, cloying dampness that tasted like ozone and rotted meat."Marcus," I said, my voice barely a whisper as we entered my private suite.My assistant was already at the window, his eyes narrowed. He was a Gamma-class warrior, trained to sense threats before they manifested. "The perimeter sensors are silent, Doctor, but the birds have stopped singing. Even the crickets are quiet."I looked at the triplets. They were gathered on the rug, playing with a set of wooden blocks, but their usual chatter had died down. Leo was standing over Luna, his small hand resting on her shoulder in a protective stance I had seen a thousand times in his father."Leo, Ace

Chapter 10: The Shadow BorderThe air in the nursery didn't just feel empty; it felt hollowed out, as if the very oxygen had been stolen along with my daughter. I stood in the center of the room, my hands clenched so tightly that my claws drew blood from my own palms. The scent of Sarah’s cloying, expensive perfume lingered in the air like a taunt, mixed with the metallic, sharp tang of the sedative she had used on Marcus."Mama..." Leo’s voice was a small, trembling thing. He was holding Ace’s hand, both boys standing in the shadows of the corner. "The red lady... she said Luna was the most valuable. She said the Shadow King would pay a lot for a girl who can see the future."I didn't answer. I couldn't. If I opened my mouth, a scream would emerge that would shatter every window in the Blackwood territory. Instead, I felt the White Lycan rising—not as a transformation, but as a takeover. My vision shifted to silver, the world turning into a map of heat signatures and scent trails.Ki