All Chapters of Born to shine: Chapter 81 - Chapter 83

🦊 Melanie POV I ran as if possessed—branches tearing at my face and hands, my bare feet hurting every time I stepped on a sharp stone. Howls followed me from behind. My pursuers were getting closer every second, but I did not look back. I needed to reach the clearing before they got to me. So I ran harder, faster, pushing my aching body beyond its limits. But it did not really matter—I was in human form, and they were wolves. Big. Dark. Hunting. Me. My heart was beating so loudly that I could not even register the sounds around me anymore. Then it happened—I was out of the forest, and the border of the nearest pack was almost within reach. I screamed for help. No one came forward. No one was going to save me. I felt the breath of the wolf behind me, just inches from my neck. My time was up. Suddenly—crash. Hard. A massive wolf’s body slammed into another. I came to a full stop. Didn’t turn around. Couldn’t. I was frozen in place, caught in the scent that hit me. I

🌘 Fenrir POV “They betrayed me too,” she said softly. “But I still love them. That is what I want my rose to learn.” I said nothing. There was nothing to say. The things she described were too unfamiliar to me. A family. A real one. Natural closeness. Affection. Care. No hundreds of soldiers standing between a child and the rest of the world. No guarded corridors and whispers about power. Or palace walls built to protect me as much as to contain me. Just a little girl with red hair caught by the wind, green eyes full of trust, and a broken castle that mattered enough to make her cry. I had seen a glimpse of that girl. Just once. When she stomped her foot at me. The sheer offense in her eyes. The way she had acted on impulse, without caring what I would see or how I would react. My gaze focused back on her. Arria was curled against me, warm and soft, but still too cautious in ways that made my wolf restless. She had learned to fold herself small. To measure her words.