All Chapters of A Packless Luna: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

The Council was gone.But as I stood inside Moonfall Fortress and watched the surviving elders being taken away, I realized something that frightened me more than the war.Destroying the old rulers had not destroyed the hunger for power.“Take them to the eastern wing,” Kael ordered.The guards moved forward.One of the surviving elders glared at him.“You think this is over, Alpha?”Kael didn't answer.The elder laughed bitterly.“You removed us, but someone will take our place.”Nyra looked at him.“No.”His eyes shifted toward her.“No one will.”He gave me a cold smile.“You really believe wolves will stop wanting power?”“No,” I said. “I believe they will have to learn they cannot take it from everyone else.”The guards dragged him away.I watched until the doors closed.Then I turned to Kael.“He's right about one thing.”Kael looked at me.“What?”“People will fight for power.”“I know.”“And there is no Council left to stop them.”“That doesn't mean we need another one.”His a

The stolen record was not about the Council.It was about me.I stood in the middle of the old records room, staring at the empty space on the shelf.My heartbeat quickened.“Nyra?”Kael's voice came from behind me.I turned.He walked into the room and immediately noticed the papers scattered across the floor.“What happened?”“Someone was here.”His expression hardened.“When?”“I don't know.”He looked toward the open door.“Where are the guards?”“Outside the wing.”Kael moved to the doorway.“Get them.”Two guards rushed in.“Alpha?”“Seal this entire section,” Kael ordered. “No one enters or leaves without my permission.”“Yes, Alpha.”The guards hurried away.I looked back at the shelves.Kael came closer.“What were they searching for?”I pointed to the empty space.“That.”He looked at the label.His eyes narrowed.“Ancient Alpha bloodline.”“Yes.”He was silent.I turned toward him.“You knew this existed?”“No.”The answer came immediately.I studied his face.“You're sure?

Someone had disappeared from inside Ironfang and there were no signs that they had left willingly.I stood in the eastern village, staring at the empty doorway of the small house.The door was still locked from the inside.The window was shut.Nothing was broken.Yet the young rogue who had moved into the house that morning was gone.“Close the gates,” I ordered.The guard beside me looked surprised.“All of them?”“All.”He turned immediately.“Close every gate!”The warning bell rang through Ironfang.Warriors rushed into the courtyard.Within minutes, the entire pack was on alert.A warrior pushed through the crowd.“Luna, this is exactly what we warned you about.”I looked at him.“What did you warn me about?”“Rogues.”His voice grew louder.“They came here yesterday, and now one of them has disappeared. Maybe he attacked someone and ran.”“No.”He frowned.“You don't know that.”“And you don't know he did.”Another warrior stepped forward.“We should search the rogue houses.”I

Three Alpha packs arrived at Ironfang on the same morning.None of them came in peace.I stood at the top of the fortress steps as three different banners entered through the gates.Stormpeak.Blackriver.Redcliff.Each pack brought warriors.Too many warriors for a friendly visit.Kael stood beside me.“Do they always bring an army when they want to talk?”I glanced at him.“Maybe they are afraid we won't listen.”“Or they want us to feel surrounded.”“Then they chose the wrong pack.”A faint smile touched his face.The first Alpha stepped forward.He was tall, broad, and carried himself like someone who expected the room to belong to him.“Alpha Darius of Stormpeak.”His eyes moved over the fortress.“I have come to claim what rightfully belongs to my territory.”I frowned.“Which is?”“The northern lands formerly controlled by the Council.”Kael's expression hardened.“Those lands are no longer Council property.”Darius looked at him.“Then who owns them?”“No one yet.”Darius smil

The land on the map had disappeared from every modern pack record.Yet someone was still living there.I stared at the mountains ahead.“They weren't lying,” I whispered.Kael glanced at me.“About what?”“This place.”He looked at the map in his hand.“It doesn't exist on any current territory map.”“And yet we're standing in it.”Behind us, four trusted warriors waited with Mara, the healer.I turned to them.“Stay close.”One warrior nodded.“How far until the ruins?”Kael pointed ahead.“Another hour.”I looked at him.“You're sure?”“That is what the old map says.”“Old maps have been wrong before.”“So have Alphas.”I looked at him.He raised an eyebrow.“What?”“Nothing.”“You were about to say something.”“I was thinking.”“That's dangerous.”I almost smiled.Then the wind changed.A cold silence moved through the trees.We continued.The farther we went, the stranger the land became.There were no pack borders.No guard towers.No patrol marks.No modern roads.It was as if t