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The battle was over.But the forest had not recovered from it.Bodies covered the clearing. Broken weapons lay between the trees, and the earth was dark with blood. The scent of wolves still hung heavily in the air.Selene stood in the middle of it all, staring at Kaelen.She had watched him fight.She had watched him tear through Varek's strongest warriors as though they were nothing.She had seen strength before. She had seen skilled warriors. She had even fought some of the best wolves Red Claw had ever produced.But nothing had prepared her for him.Kaelen was different.He stood several steps away, wiping the blood from his sword. His breathing had finally begun to settle, but his attention was no longer on the bodies around them.It was on her.Selene tried to straighten herself.“I am fine.”Kaelen looked at her.“You are exhausted.”“I can still move.”“That is not what I said.”She frowned.“I know what you said.”“Then listen to it.”There was no anger in his voice. No attemp

“Who exactly are you?”Darius's question settled heavily over the courtyard.No one moved.The Red Claw warriors stood in silence, still trying to understand what they had just witnessed. Their missing heiress had returned alive, and beside her stood a stranger who had somehow walked into Varek's territory and brought her out.Kaelen remained calm.He did not rush to explain himself. He simply stood there, his expression unreadable, as though the Alpha's question did not unsettle him in the slightest.Selene noticed the tension building between the two men.She knew her father.Darius was not asking out of simple curiosity anymore.He was measuring Kaelen.Studying him.And if she allowed the interrogation to continue unchecked, it would only become worse.“Father,” Selene said.Darius's eyes shifted toward her.“How did you find her?” he asked Kaelen.His voice was controlled, but there was authority behind every word.“And what happened inside Varek's territory? Our warriors have sea

The courtyard slowly emptied.One by one, the warriors disappeared into the different sections of the Red Claw compound. Jarek left with Rogan, while Darius and Mira remained occupied with the healers and the returning guards.For the first time since Selene had arrived, there was a moment of quiet.She should have gone with her mother.She knew that.She should have been resting, allowing her wolf to finish healing the wounds she had suffered in the rogue territory.Instead, she stood at the edge of the courtyard, staring toward the room where Kane had been taken.Something inside her pulled.It was not a thought.It was not even a decision.It was simply there.The bond.The longer she stayed away from him, the harder it became to ignore.Selene pressed her lips together.“This is ridiculous,” she whispered.She had spent her entire life controlling herself. She had never been the kind of woman who ran after a man simply because she wanted his attention.Yet here she was.Unable to s

Kaelen woke before the sun had fully risen.For a few moments, he remained still, staring at the ceiling as the pale morning light slowly found its way through the curtains. His body was rested, but his mind was strangely unsettled. Something felt different, and he could not immediately place it.Then he turned his head.The other side of the bed was empty.Selene was gone.Kaelen stared at the space where she had been sleeping, his expression unreadable. He was not surprised. He had expected her to leave before anyone in Red Claw became fully awake. She could not afford to be seen walking out of his quarters after spending the night with a stranger, especially with Rogan already suspicious of him.Still, the emptiness bothered him.He had spent most of his life alone. Solitude had never frightened him. He had learned to sleep alone, eat alone, travel alone, and survive without depending on anyone. He had never needed another wolf beside him to feel complete.Yet this morning, he found

Kaelen had spent enough time inside Red Claw to understand that the territory was far larger than he had imagined.The pack had not grown this powerful through one victory or one generation of leadership. It had swallowed territories over many years. Some packs had been defeated in war. Others had lost their leaders and been forced to surrender. Some had simply disappeared after their lands were taken.Their survivors had been absorbed into Red Claw.Warriors became soldiers.Strong wolves were given positions within the pack.Others became servants, workers, or omegas.Entire families had been scattered across different parts of the territory until the names of the packs they once belonged to meant almost nothing.Midnight was only one of them.Thalo Vane had already told Kaelen what happened to his people. He knew Midnight had been captured by the Red Claw.What he did not know was where the surviving Midnight wolves had been placed.That was the problem.Red Claw was too large.Its