Semua Bab The Sacred Pack Of The True Luna: Bab 81 - Bab 90

 RaeThe memory of Elena at my mother’s funeral followed me out of Sonya’s office.I barely heard what Sonya said after that. My mind had latched onto the image of a woman in black standing several rows behind Harold while five-year-old me tried to understand why everyone kept telling me to say goodbye to someone who wasn’t supposed to leave.By the time I reached the main academic corridor, I could feel all four bonds without consciously reaching for any of them. Grant and Julien were the clearest now, their claimed connections sitting close and immediate beneath everything else, while Brax and Linc remained unmistakable through the bonds we had already accepted.My wolf nudged toward them.Mate.“I know.”A student walking past gave me a strange look.I sighed. “Still getting used to the whole talking-to-myself-in-public thing.”He sped up

 RaeElena Vicker arrived at Ravenwood before lunch.She did not sneak through the wards, try to contact me privately, or disappear after Mansfield confronted the Vicker leadership with the access logs. She came through the main gates in a black sedan bearing Vicker insignia, carrying council authorization and enough political protection that Ravenwood couldn’t simply turn her around.That bothered me more than if she had run.People who ran usually believed they had something to hide.Elena apparently believed she could explain herself.By the time Mansfield sent for me, Grant, Julien, Brax, and Linc were waiting outside her office when Chrissy and I arrived.Brax lifted both hands. “Before you say anything, we were summoned.”“I wasn’t going to say anything.”“You had the face.”“What face?”“The o

RaeElena’s face went pale.Not dramatically. She didn’t gasp or start scrambling for an explanation. The change was smaller than that, a brief crack in the composure she had carried into Mansfield’s office, but I saw it. So did my wolf.Liar.“She got that scar saving you.”For several seconds, Elena said nothing. She sat very still across from me, one hand resting over the other in her lap, and I could almost watch her deciding which version of the truth she wanted to hand me next. When she finally spoke, her voice was calm again.“That was a very long time ago, Aurelya.”I stared at her. “That’s your answer?”“No. I’m saying memories change, especially after this much time.”“My mother told me that story more than once.”“And you were very young when she told it.”I felt every bond around me tighten with my irritation. Grant’s remained warm and solid, Julien’s sharpened with quiet focus, Brax’s flared hot, and Linc’s settled around me with that steadying calm I was beginning to rec

 RaeNo.My wolf’s answer came so fast that I almost flinched.Jesse was still standing in front of me, waiting for something I didn’t know how to say without hurting him, and that made the certainty inside me feel almost cruel. Because there had been something between us. Not a mate bond, not anything that could compete with what I felt for Grant, Julien, Brax, and Linc, but something real enough that pretending otherwise would only make this worse.“There was something,” I said quietly.Jesse’s jaw tightened. “That sounds like a consolation prize.”“It isn’t.”Behind me, Brax’s arms loosened completely and fell away from my waist. Linc released my hand at the same time, both of them giving me space without making a production out of it. Grant and Julien were still near the doorway, probably aware that Harold was waiting somewhere down the

Brax He was slick with her. Hot. Thicker than I expected to feel from this angle. I stroked him as he pushed back into Rae, and the sound he made was so low I felt it in my teeth. Rae moaned like the sight of it alone was going to ruin her. “Fuck,” I whispered. “Linc—” “Keep your hand there.” He thrust again, slower, making me feel every inch of him moving through my grip and into her. “That’s it.” I was shaking. Not from fear. From how hard I was, from how wrong this should have felt and how badly it didn’t. I leaned in and kissed Rae because I needed somewhere to put the noise building in my chest,