All Chapters of AFTER DIVORCE, I BECAME A LUNA: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 1Gwen:We found it."Those two words hit me before the Doctor even finished sitting down. I held on to the edge of the chair to stop myself from getting up."Found what exactly?" I said. My voice, faint.The doctor folded his hands and looked forlorn. The kind of gesture doctors made before they told you something that would change your life forever."A way to suppress Josie's shift cycle. Not permanently we're not there yet but enough to stop the spontaneous triggers. If we can regulate when her wolf surfaces, we stop the fevers, the seizures and the bleeding episodes." He paused."She could have a normal childhood, Gwen."I pressed my fingers harder into the chair edge. Normal. I had forgotten what that word sounded like."Tell me what it involves."He did. I heard they gave a mix of medicines to young shifters with problems controlling their powers, then watched them closely for a while with check-ups every week for three months. The process itself was considered minimally

Chapter 3:Gwen:The clock on the office wall said 8:47 when I finally closed the file.My back was hurting and my eyes felt awful like someone had rubbed them with sand. I had been sitting at my desk since seven that morning which translated to thirteen hours of working on contracts for a firm that paid me just enough money to keep me happy that I have a job but not enough to add to my other jobs and get exactly just by.Omega work. That was what they called it when you had no pack backing, no Alpha's seal on your employment record, no one to call if the hours stretched past decent.I had nobody to call. so, I just grabbed my bag, turned off my desk light and rushed down the stairs.The bus ride to the hospital took twenty-two minutes. I spent all of them watching my phone, the way I always did waiting for a call from anyone whose voice would tell me something had gone wrong while I was sitting at that desk being useful to strangers.No calls.I exhaled slowly.The ward was on the se

The penthouse atop the Holt Tower smelled of rich cedar, polished stone, and the subtle, intoxicating scent of Xavier’s wolf—sandalwood and winter storm. It was a stark contrast to the cramped, cold apartment Cole had forced me to live in for six agonizing years."Your rooms are through the double doors on the left," Xavier said, setting my single suitcase down on the dark marble foyer. His voice was low, carrying that smooth, effortless authority that had always commanded respect. "Josie’s room is adjacent. I’ve had it prepared according to her medical team’s recommendations."I stood in the center of the vast living room, staring out through the floor-to-ceiling glass at the Hallow Pack territory stretching out beneath us. "This isn't the pack house.""No," Xavier agreed, stepping up behind me. He didn't touch me, but the heat radiating from his broad chest was a constant, thrumming reminder of his presence. "The pack house is where the elders keep watch, where politics rot the a

A cold blade pressed firmly against my windpipe before I could even draw breath to scream."One sound, Gwen, and I cut your throat," a raspy, familiar voice hissed into my ear.My heart hammered against my ribs like a trapped bird. I recognized the scent—stale tobacco, dark magic, and iron. It was one of Cole’s personal enforcers, a rogue wolf named Garrett whom Cole had secretly kept on his payroll for years."What are you doing here?" I whispered, my voice trembling despite my desperate attempt to stay calm."Cole wants to know what you’re digging up," Garrett sneered, pressing the steel harder against my flesh. "He knows you hired an investigator. Hand over the file, Omega."I felt the paper slipping from my cold fingers, but before Garrett could reach for it, a shadow detached itself from the doorway of the penthouse.There was no sound, no warning. Just a blinding flash of silver claws.Garrett let out a choked gurgle as Xavier snapped his wrist like a dry twig. The blade

We broke every speed limit driving back to the Holt Tower.By the time Xavier and I burst through the doors of the penthouse, two pack doctors were already hovering over Josie’s bed. The heart monitor was beeping erratically, a sharp, terrifying sound that tore through my soul."Josie!" I screamed, rushing to the side of the bed and grabbing her small, cold hand.Her little body was shaking violently with high fevers. Dark red veins were visible under her pale skin, spreading out from her chest toward her throat—the undeniable sign of an early wolf bloom aggressively fighting against her blood vessels."What happened?!" Xavier demanded, his voice thunderous as he stepped into the room, his Alpha presence filling the space."Alpha, her wolf is waking up again, but it's far too powerful for her five-year-old body," the chief medical officer explained hurriedly, his hands trembling as he checked her vitals. "The suppressants we gave her three days ago... someone tampered with them!