Todos os capítulos de Countdown To My Alpha's Goodbye : Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 6

The Nightfang Pack hall had never felt this cold before.Moonlight spilled through towering crystal windows, washing silver light across the polished black floors and the massive stone pillars lining the chamber. Above, elegant chandeliers carved from moonstone glimmered softly, casting a pale glow over the hundreds of wolves gathered inside.Everything about tonight was supposed to feel grand.The annual Moon Festival was only days away, and the pack house had been decorated accordingly. Silver banners bearing the Nightfang crest hung proudly along the walls while servants moved carefully through the crowd with trays of wine and crystal goblets.Music still echoed faintly from the musicians near the far balcony.But no one was paying attention anymore.Not after what Alpha Kael Ravencrest had just said.Aurora Whitmore stood at the center of the hall, every muscle in her body locked tight beneath the weight of hundreds of stares.“I will marry Selene.”The words still rang inside her

Aurora’s pulse stumbled the moment her eyes met Kael’s.He stood near the entrance of the sitting room, one hand resting against the doorframe while moonlight stretched across the floor behind him. The shadows along the corridor sharpened the hard lines of his face, making him look even colder than he had inside the pack hall earlier.For a few terrible seconds, no one spoke.Aurora’s fingers instinctively tightened around the folded healer reports resting in her lap.Had he heard everything?The question echoed through her mind fast enough to make panic crawl beneath her skin.Beside her, Elder Mira slowly rose to her feet.“Alpha.”Kael acknowledged her with a brief nod, but his attention never left Aurora.“What exactly do you need one month for?” he repeated calmly.That calmness was always the dangerous part.Kael rarely raised his voice. He never needed to. Even silence became intimidating around him.Aurora quickly folded the papers again and slipped them back into her pocket.

Aurora tightened her grip around the wooden box instantly.Hard, too hard.Kael noticed, of course he noticed.His eyes darkened slightly as he stopped a few feet away from her.The room suddenly felt smaller, warmer, too quiet.Aurora could hear everything.The crackling fireplace, the wind outside the balcony doors, her own heartbeat especially her heartbeat.Kael's gaze never left the box."What is inside it?"His voice remained calm, controlled but Aurora knew him well enough now to hear the sharpness beneath it, suspicion, questions.Aurora forced herself to breathe normally."Nothing important."Silence.Kael stared at her for several seconds.Then, "If it's not important, why are you holding it like that?"Aurora hated that question immediately because she knew exactly how she looked right now, defensive, nervous, afraid, she tried to relax her shoulders slightly tried to loosen her grip it didn't work.Kael noticed that too, aurora looked away first."It's private."Another si