All Chapters of Countdown To My Alpha's Goodbye : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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

Aurora could still feel the warmth of Kael’s hand long after he stepped away from her.It lingered against her skin like something dangerous.Something she should not want.Something she should not even notice.Yet her wrist still burned where his fingers had held her.And judging by the suffocating silence inside the room, everyone else noticed it too.Selene’s smile remained perfectly calm.Perfectly graceful.But Aurora caught the slight stiffness around her lips.Tiny.Almost invisible.Still there.Kael slowly lowered his hand.The strange expression on his face vanished so quickly Aurora almost questioned whether she imagined it.Almost.“You should sit down.”His voice came low.Controlled.Directed at her.Aurora blinked.Lena blinked harder.Even Selene looked mildly surprised for a second.Because Kael Ravencrest did not fuss over people.Especially not Aurora.Aurora immediately straightened.“I’m fine.”The answer escaped too quickly.Too automatically.And the moment the

Aurora’s heartbeat slammed painfully against her ribs.The curtains moved again.Softly.Slowly.Like someone standing behind them had shifted their weight.Lena immediately grabbed the nearest thing beside her.A candle holder.Aurora stared at her.“…Why are you holding that?”Lena looked offended.“For survival.”Another movement.This time both of them saw it.Someone was definitely there.Aurora’s pulse quickened instantly.The room suddenly felt colder.Far colder.Kael’s warning echoed through her mind.Rogue sightings near the eastern forest.No.No, rogues could not possibly enter the Alpha’s wing.That was impossible.Right?Lena lowered her voice immediately.“…Should I scream?”Aurora swallowed.“…Maybe.”The figure behind the curtains moved again.Closer this time.Then a low growl echoed through the room.Lena screamed instantly.Aurora nearly screamed too.The curtains suddenly flew open and a massive black wolf launched into the room.Lena threw the candle holder.Miss