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That night, Alpha Lucian and Luna Margaret received me as their guest. I had come to give them an update, but that was only part of the reason for my visit. More importantly, I had come to set our plans into motion.Over the past few months, I had carefully cultivated my relationship with the couple. Little by little, I had earned their trust until they no longer questioned my intentions. They genuinely believed that Lily and I were deeply in love, that I cared for her more than anything, and that I was willing to risk everything to bring her back.I had to admit that, in some ways, there was truth in what they believed. I did want  and love Lily yes.  My feelings for her were nothing compared to what I stood to gain by making her mine. Lily was my way to have the Stormhowl pack. If I claimed her, I would not merely have her but I will also  gain access to a power that could elevate me far beyond what I had now.And as I looked at Alpha Lucian and

 Lily’s POVWalking through the busy streets of the neighboring city with Lucianna, I felt adrift as though I had lost my footing in a world that kept turning without me. She had invited me out this morning to step beyond the pack grounds and breathe something different and I knew this was Noah’s doing.I knew he would never say it aloud, yet I felt them in every quiet glance and every gentle pause. I knew worry clung to him and he was searching for any way to draw me out and to give me a moment’s reprieve so that I might forget for just a little while the sharp sorrow and aching grief of losing our child. He was trying so tenderly to keep me from vanishing into the stillness of our home and from letting myself be swallowed whole by the empty space where our little one should have been.He would not speak the words yet I knew how it tore at him to see me fading this way. The silence between ou

"There was a group of rogues who blocked the road and surrounded the vehicle I was riding in." My voice shook as the memory came back to me. "There were so many of them, and they attacked us without mercy. My guards were killed trying to protect me and they hurt me so cruelly. They hurt me until I lost the baby," I said through quiet sobs.She gasped, and her hand flew to her mouth, as if she could scarcely bear to hear it. Her eyes filled with horror and sorrow as the truth settled between us.I told her everything that had happened then, every painful detail. Even though recalling it hurt, sharing it with her somehow lifted something heavy from my chest. I did not only speak of the attack itself. I told her of the fear that still woke me in the dark and the empty quiet space beside me every morning. I told her my regrets and how guilt gnawed at me day and night, whispering that I had failed him and that I had not kept him safe.Margarete listened without a sin

"You are mistaken, Luna Margarete," Noah said steadily. "I have never taken anyone and made them a prisoner. I have never harmed anyone who did not deserve it.""Liar!" she spat the word like poison. "You are nothing but a liar and a montster! Release my daughter now!"Before anything more could be said, a powerful stern man pushed through the crowd. He reached Margarete in a heartbeat, stepping between her and Noah, his posture fierce and threatening."Lucian!" Margarete cried, clinging to his arm as if she would tear him apart too. "It is him! It is Noah of Northern Reign! He has our daughter isn't he? Make him give our daughter back!""I tell you there is no one held against their will in my pack and no one is being hurt." Noah said, standing his ground."Liar! We know what you have done." Alpha Lucian growled, his voice loud and dangerous.We looked at each other and my heart sank. I knew Noah spoke the truth. We do not keep anyone ensla

"You must know all these years your father Lucian and I have searched. We followed every faint lead. We traveled every hard road and we asked every question we could. There were times we feared we would never find you. Until the path finally led us here to this very moment.""And Alpha Sebastian," she said and her voice hardened with rising anger. "He told us you left the pack angry and filled with a need to avenge your brother’s death. We believed him. He spoke so warmly of you. He said he cared deeply, that he loved you, that the two of you had a bond and that he would have protected you.""That was nothing but a complete and utter lie!" Anger rose in me hot and sharp and raw. "Sebastian was once my fated mate as well, yes. The moon goddess herself bound us. I felt that bond, used to cherished it and  used to believed it was everything. But I already  rejected him the moment he betrayed me. He broke the sacred bond between us with his lies and his cruelty."