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DamonThe moment I saw Elliot in Elias’s arms, my wolf tried to tear through me.The palace courtyard disappeared beneath a flood of rage.Elias’s hand rested against Elliot’s back.Elliot’s head was beneath his chin.They looked peaceful.Not trapped by the urgency of a mate bond.Not frightened.Not confused.Elliot had chosen to step into Elias’s arms.My wolf did not care about the difference.Rival.Take mate back.Challenge.The instincts hit so violently that my claws broke through the tips of my fingers.The Mooncrest guards beside me noticed immediately.Hands moved toward their weapons.Garrick turned his head.“Name it,” he said quietly.I could barely hear him over the roaring inside me.Elliot lifted his head.For one second, his eyes met mine across the courtyard.The bond flared.His surprise.My pain.The pup’s faint warmth beneath it all.I wanted to cross the courtyard.I wanted to pull Elias away from him.I wanted to demand that Elliot remember who his mate was.Th

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AdrianI did not trust sudden change.People behaved well when they were being watched.Alphas became respectful when consequences stood close enough to threaten their titles. Men apologized when they feared losing something important. Regret could make anyone patient for a few days.Real change survived silence.Distance.Jealousy.The absence of reward.Damon Silver had left Mooncrest without approaching Elliot again. Caleb’s report confirmed that he had seen Elliot in Elias’s arms, suffered a strong wolf reaction, and still walked away.It was the first sensible decision Damon had made since entering my territory.It did not make him safe.I stood inside my office with the report open across my desk.One sentence held my attention.Captain Silver voluntarily departed Mooncrest and stated that he would not return without Elliot Blackwood’s invitation.Voluntarily.No guards dragging him toward the border.No Alpha command forcing obedience.No final message sent through a teammate.

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DamonReturning to Mooncrest felt harder than leaving it.The eastern gates opened beneath strict security, and two guards searched every vehicle in Silver Moon’s delegation before allowing us through. My name appeared on a separate access list with restrictions written beneath it.Council building only.No palace access.No private corridors.No direct contact with Elliot Blackwood.I signed the document without argument.Garrick stood beside me while the guards attached a temporary visitor badge to my coat. Mason and Coach Grant waited near the entrance with Alpha Richard and the other Silver Moon representatives.I had been invited only as team captain.Not as Elliot’s mate.Not as the possible father of his child.Not as Silver Moon’s future Alpha.The distinction helped.Today’s formal meeting concerned post-tournament hockey cooperation between Mooncrest and Silver Moon. Both packs had performed strongly during the Cup, and the regional council wanted shared youth training, coac

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LeliaThe meeting ended in chaos.Mooncrest guards surrounded the council table while officials hurried toward the doors. Alpha Richard argued with Damon in a low, furious voice. My father stood across the room, his face twisted with rage after publicly threatening to end every agreement with Silver Moon.Mason remained beside me.Not touching.Waiting.My father pointed toward the door.“You are leaving with me.”My body froze.The command carried Alpha power.For years, that voice had controlled every part of my life.Where I lived.Who I spoke to.What I wore during formal dinners.Which lies I told.Which man I would marry.My wolf trembled beneath my skin.Mate near.Safe.Mason moved half a step closer.He still did not touch me.The choice remained mine.“No,” I said.My father’s expression became still.The room quieted around us.“What did you say?”My hands shook, but I forced my chin higher.“I am not leaving with you.”His Alpha pressure increased.Pain pressed against my

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MasonVictor did not surrender when the silver restraints closed around his wrists.He fought the Mooncrest guards with enough force to drag two of them several steps across the council chamber. His Alpha power pressed against everyone in the room, heavy with fury and humiliation.But his eyes remained fixed on Lelia.“You are coming with me.”Lelia stood inside my arms, trembling so badly that I could feel it through both our bodies.Her fingers clutched the front of my jacket.“No.”The word was quiet.Victor heard it.His face twisted.“You do not decide.”I felt Lelia’s wolf shrink beneath the force of his command.For years, Victor had trained her to obey that voice. He did not need chains because fear had done the work for him.I placed one hand against the middle of her back.Not pushing.Not pulling.Only reminding her that she was not alone.Damon stood between Victor and us while Mooncrest’s guards tightened the restraints.“You heard her,” Damon said.Victor’s attention tur

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ElliotI learned Damon’s engagement had ended while arguing with Lucas about a miniature hockey goal.“It is too large,” I said.“It is child-sized.”“It reaches my waist.”“You are not very tall.”I stared at him.Lucas immediately looked toward the nursery wall as if it had suddenly become interesting.The wooden goal stood beneath the painted stars, surrounded by unopened boxes of baby clothes and soft toys. He had arranged a tiny Mooncrest jersey across the top like a championship banner.“This is supposed to be a nursery,” I said.“It can be both.”“A newborn cannot hold a hockey stick.”“That sounds like a lack of ambition.”Sophia entered carrying another bag of blankets.“Mom said no more sports equipment.”Lucas pointed toward the goal.“This is decoration.”“It has a working net.”“Decorations can be functional.”I opened my mouth to argue again when Elias appeared in the doorway.His expression stopped me.He was not smiling.He held a council message in one hand.My wolf b

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AdrianI made Damon wait three days before answering his request.Not because I needed time to decide.Because I wanted to know whether impatience would reveal him.It did not.He sent no second message.He did not ask Richard to interfere.He did not use Coach Grant, Mason, or the legal office to remind us that he was waiting.He remained at the northern control centre and accepted the silence.That did not earn permission.But it earned a meeting with me.Alone.The eastern council building was empty when Damon arrived.No Silver Moon delegation.No hockey officials.No Elliot.Only two Mooncrest guards outside the room and Rowan stationed in the corridor in case Damon’s wolf became difficult.Damon entered wearing a plain dark coat.No captain badge.No Silver Moon formal pin.No symbols of rank except the Alpha power he could not completely hide.He stopped several steps from my desk.“Alpha Adrian.”“Sit.”He obeyed.I remained standing.The silence between us stretched.Damon di

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ElliotI agreed to meet Damon two days after Dad placed the request in front of me.For those two days, the envelope remained on my bedside table.I did not read it immediately.I walked past it in the morning.Looked at it before coaching.Touched the edge of it after dinner.Every time I considered saying no, questions rose inside me.Every time I considered saying yes, fear followed.In the end, I realized I did not want the meeting because Damon deserved it.I wanted it because I was tired of carrying answers I had created for him.Maybe he rejected me because I was weak.Maybe he never wanted me.Maybe he believed I was guilty.Maybe he had loved me but not enough.Those questions had shaped me for too long.I wanted the truth.Even if it hurt.The meeting took place in Mooncrest’s guarded garden.It was open enough that no one could corner me. Tall trees surrounded the stone path, but the center remained visible from every direction.Dad stood near the eastern entrance.Rowan wa

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Elliot“Do you want me in our child’s life?”Damon’s question remained between us.The garden seemed to become completely silent.Dad stood near the eastern entrance with his arms folded. Rowan remained behind Damon’s chair, alert for any loss of control. Miriam watched from the terrace, her medical case resting beside her.No one answered for me.That mattered.My hand rested over the curve of my stomach.The baby had become unusually active since I confirmed the truth. Small movements pressed beneath my palm, as though the child also felt the change between us.Damon noticed every one.He kept his eyes on my face.Not my stomach.Not the place where our child moved.Me.I had spent months avoiding this question.Could Damon become a father without becoming my mate again?Could I allow him near the child without allowing him back into the part of my heart he had damaged?The bond wanted one answer.My fear wanted another.I needed to find the one that belonged to me.“Maybe,” I said.

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AdrianI watched Damon meet his child from across the guarded garden.Every instinct inside me demanded that I stop it.Damon knelt before Elliot with one hand resting over the curve of his stomach. Rowan stood close enough to restrain him within seconds. Miriam remained beside Elliot’s chair, watching his breathing and pulse.I stood several steps away.Near enough to intervene.Far enough to let my son make his own choice.Damon’s shoulders shook.The unborn child moved beneath his palm again, and the Alpha broke down as if something inside him had finally torn open.He did not lean closer.He did not press his face against Elliot’s stomach.He did not wrap his arms around my son or use the moment to pull him into an embrace.He remained exactly where Elliot allowed him to be.That should not have impressed me.A man respecting a boundary should have been ordinary.With Damon, it was evidence.Elliot’s hand rested over Damon’s.Not trapped beneath it.Guiding it.Choosing the contac

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