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VeraMy jaw practically drops when curiosity pulls me closer to the person lying on the bed.He looks… fragile.The first thing I notice is how pale he is, almost like the color has been drained from his body completely. Dark shadows sit heavily beneath his eyes, making his face look sunken. His lips are dry and cracked, and his cheeks are hollow like he has not eaten properly in weeks.Thin veins stand out faintly against his pale skin, spreading across his neck like dark roots beneath glass. Even the rise and fall of his chest looks uneven, each breath slow and strained, as though breathing itself hurts.Something about the sight makes my chest tighten. I do not even know him, yet my heart aches for him.He does not move or make a sound, but I can feel his eyes following me with every step I take. His face shifts slightly, almost struggling to keep me in view.The room is quiet. Only the soft beeping of machines fills the silence.I stop in the middle of the room, staring at all the

Things happening around my pack lately have started raising questions I cannot answer.Too many things no longer make sense.And I know one thing for sure, I need to be careful.I sit at my desk, flipping slowly through my mother’s journal again.Growing up, we all thought she was losing her mind. The strange things she said. The stories no one understood. The way she would stare into space and speak as if she knew things the rest of us did not.But now? I am starting to wonder if we were all wrong.Because the deeper I read, the more pieces begin falling into place.Like she knew something she never got the chance to say out loud.Or maybe something she chose to take to her grave.A knock at my door pulls me from my thoughts.I pause immediately.Before the person even steps inside, Troy’s familiar scent reaches me.I already know why he is here.That damn potion, they have been forcing me to take.Something about it has never sat right with me.At first, I drank it without question.

Funny enough, I have imagined this moment before—a fight for my Alpha position, Zarah standing across from me with that look in her eyes like she has something to prove. But every single time the thought crossed my mind, I always shook it off. No way. No matter how much we argued, no matter how heated things got between us, I never truly believed she would challenge me. Yet here we are. And standing under the weight of it now, I can’t stop replaying things in my head. Things I should have paid more attention to. The way she barely hid her irritation during council meetings whenever the elders praised my decisions. How she would go strangely quiet whenever pack members congratulated me after difficult victories. The countless times she questioned my choices in front of warriors instead of waiting until we were alone. Even after I became Alpha, she trained harder than anyone else, pushing herself like she had something to prove. I used to think that was just Zarah. Strong. Stubborn.

Zarah should not have underestimated me. She thought I was distracted. Broken. Weak.And maybe, a part of me had been.After everything that happened with Alpha Damon, after seeing Vera beside him, hearing people call her his Luna like she had always belonged there-it messed with my head more than I wanted to admit.Zarah knew I was still conflicted. Still angry. Still losing sleep over the thought of Vera being with another man.But that?That is one mistake I intend to fix once this fight is over.Because no matter how much I try to deny it, something inside me still refuses to let her go.And Zarah thought all of that made me easy to beat.The problem is, she did not expect me to fight back like this. Did not expect me to keep getting back up.Now I can see it in the way she moves. She is pushing herself harder than she planned to.Zarah is skilled. She trained for this position her whole life.But one thing about fights-Skill alone is never enough.My brother taught me that long b

Everyone seems happy about the victory now, cheering and celebrating like they never doubted me for a second.But I remember the way the crowd looked before the surge of power hit me.They were rooting for Zarah.I saw it in their faces. The excitement every time she landed a hit. The confidence that she would take me down in front of everyone.A bitter feeling settles in my chest at the memory. Still, none of that matters now.My position as Alpha remains untouched, and after tonight no one will dare question my authority again. But the fight opened my eyes to things I ignored for too long.The pack needs reshuffling.Some people have grown too comfortable hiding their loyalty behind fake smiles and silence.My jaw tightens as the thought settles deeper in my mind.But even that isn’t what truly bothers me.Something happened during that fight. Something unnatural. I know I didn’t win with my strength alone.Every time I try to think about the source of that sudden power, my mind drif