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第1章

The morning after the party, the estate was still buzzing. Everyone was getting ready for Aria’s grand send-off.My father, Alistair, the Alpha himself, was personally loading Aria’s luggage.My mother, Isolde, leaned out a second-floor window and called out, "Aria! Do you have all five of your pack crests? Let me check again!"Aria rolled her eyes, clutching her favorite stuffed animal, and yelled back, "I have them, Mom! You've asked five times!" I stood in the shadows of the grand hall. Still a ghost.A faded backpack was slung over my shoulder. A battered canvas duffel sat at my feet.That was everything I was taking to New York.I stepped forward, trying to cut through the suffocating cheer, and said, "Dad, my flight is at four. Should I leave now?"Alistair waved a guard over to close the trunk, then shot me an annoyed look and said,"Can't you see I'm busy? Figure it out yourself."Isolde swept down the stairs in her heels, her eyes glancing coldly over my luggage as she spo

第2章

The autumn wind in New York was warmer than the forests on pack lands.I rented a tiny, run-down apartment near Columbia.My roommate's name was Maya. A werewolf girl from a small western pack with bright, curious eyes.The second she saw me, she threw her arms around me in a hug and exclaimed, "Oh, thank god! I was so worried I’d be the only one of our kind here. What if I got found out? I’m so glad I met you."The first week of school, I handled everything alone. Registration. Moving. Assembling secondhand furniture.On my fourth day in the city, the pack’s family group chat finally lit up.My mother, Isolde, had posted nine photos of the Royal Wolf Academy.Gothic architecture and vaulted ceilings filled my screen.My father, Alistair, immediately replied with a crown emoji.【Aria’s dorm is a premium single, but the mattress is too hard. It will affect her spine.】 my mother complained in the chat.【I've already arranged it.】 Dad replied instantly. 【A new custom luxury mattress will

第3章

The moment I answered the phone, my mother Isolde's icy voice barked the order,"You have to come home for Thanksgiving."I stared at the thick textbook in front of me, Game Theory and Strategic Analysis, and replied, "I'm preparing for my final project. I don't have time."Her tone leaving no room for argument, she said, "You'll make time. The defensive fence on the estate perimeter has a few breaches. You can fix them when you get back."I laughed, a bitter, angry sound, and said, "Fix the fence? Isn't that the patrol's job?"Isolde's voice rose, "They're busy! Aria has the Alpha League Tournament next month. The entire pack is helping her prepare for the opening ceremony. The pack warriors are all on extended patrol. You're her sister. What's the big deal about fixing a fence?"I hung up. Just ended the call and threw the phone to the end of my bed.I spent six of the seven days of Thanksgiving break in the Columbia library.On the last day, my roommate Maya dragged me out. We

第4章

The day after my final exams ended, Isolde's call came right on schedule.The second I answered, there was no greeting, just an immediate, furious question from her, "You're not coming back for the Winter Solstice? Do you have any idea that the entire family is waiting for this festival?"The call lasted two minutes.For a full minute of it, she berated me for being antisocial.To erase the stain of Aria’s humiliating defeat two weeks ago, my parents were clearly planning to use this massive festival to force everyone to remember the glory of their "prodigy heir."Her voice was sharp and piercing as she continued, "All core members must be present! If you're not here, what will the elders think of me as Luna? What will they say about our family's discipline?"I stared out at the gray New York sky, my voice empty of emotion, "I got an internship at a top-tier crisis management firm. I'm doing a risk assessment for a Fortune 500 company this weekend. I can't leave."Isolde scoffed, her

第5章

Isolde glared at the “Undelivered” notification. Her brow furrowed.But just as quickly, her usual haughty mask was back in place.She scoffed, tossing her phone onto the sofa.Alistair didn’t even look up from the pack reports as he asked, “What’s wrong?”Isolde picked up her wine glass, her voice dripping with contempt, “Cassian blocked me. She’s throwing another tantrum.”Alistair turned a page and said,“She’s getting more and more defiant. Let her be. She’ll come crawling back in a few days, begging.”—A full week passed. No one tried to contact me.New semester. I officially started my internship at the top-tier crisis management and business strategy firm.The headquarters was in Midtown Manhattan. Floor-to-ceiling windows looked out over the concrete jungle.On the surface, the firm served human corporations.But its real business? Handling messy disputes in the gray area between North American werewolves and human society.This was how modern werewolves survived.In the sha

第6章

I slapped the file on the conference table, my voice ice,“This restructuring plan? You have at least three factions in the Alliance actively trying to sabotage each other.”Kaelen frowned and asked,“And what makes you so sure?”I didn’t back down, “I read people. And I understand modern business and how our kind survives in it. Don’t believe me. Fine. In ten minutes, your number three negotiator is going to prove me right.”He stared at me for two long seconds.He asked,“And if you’re wrong?”I replied,“Then you can pull every penny you invested in my company.”Ever since that first negotiation, my instincts and strategic talent had caught Kaelen’s full attention.He saw that I understood how to survive in the human world. Better than the traditional Alphas who only knew brute force.So he recruited me. Without hesitation.He funded the company Maya and I started. “Cynosure,” a crisis management firm in Manhattan.Publicly, we handled disputes for human corporations.Secretly, we

第7章

Aria’s voice trembled.I leaned against the doorframe, blocking her way, and asked,“How did you find me?”She looked down and replied, “The interview on the Alliance network. I recognized the street view in the background. Then I had someone track you.”So, to find their invisible daughter, they’d finally swallowed their pride and used the family network.Aria held out the paper bag. It was a box of expensive macarons. She whispered, “These. They were your favorite when we were kids.”I looked at the box and laughed. A cold, empty sound.I replied mockingly,“You’re the one with the sweet tooth, Aria. I only drink black coffee.”She froze, a flicker of panic on her face.She couldn’t even get that right.I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a glass of water. I didn’t offer her one.I leaned against the counter and asked, “Where are Mom and Dad? Why didn’t they come themselves?”Aria’s voice was quiet,“Mom… she was afraid you wouldn’t open the door.”I took a sip of water,

第8章

Kaelen’s voice came through my headphones, laced with a challenge, “You think a question like that scares me?”The recording light was on. I looked at him through the glass. I replied,“I didn’t ask if you were scared. I asked when you plan to address the fact that the Werewolf Alliance has zero women in high command.”He leaned forward, elbows on the table, his gaze sharp, and answered, “When someone more qualified than me shows up.”I pressed, “For example?”He smiled back,“For example, the person sitting across from me.”I smiled but didn’t take the bait.Outside the booth, the producer was frantically giving us a “keep going” gesture.This was the final episode of Behind the Throne, the Alliance’s highest-level encrypted podcast.It started three weeks into my senior year. The lead producer of the Alliance’s intelligence network messaged me. He wanted me to host a podcast.Teach the younger generation “The Rules of the Human Game.”I spent five days writing the first script.

第9章

The host leaned forward. The camera zoomed in on my face as he asked,“If this story is based on a real person, would you tell us?”The studio lights were bright.This was the Alliance’s year-end live interview.Every werewolf pack in North America—including every single member of the Stonecrest Pack—was watching.I wore no makeup. Just a simple black shirt.Looking straight into the camera, my voice steady, I said, “Yes. Because I’ve been holding this story in for twenty years.”Twenty minutes into the show, the host asked me how I managed to thrive in both the human and wolf worlds.I didn’t back down.I began, my voice even and measured, “There was once a pack. An Alpha and his Luna had two daughters. They had their first shift on the same day. To create a ‘perfect heir,’ they took the sacred potion that should have been split between them… and gave the entire dose to one daughter. The other one survived the agony of the shift all on her own.”The studio was so quiet I could hear

第10章

Fall. The New York wind already had a bite to it.I sat at my desk, holding the final corrected manuscript for Behind the Throne.That live broadcast had detonated a crisis of faith in the Stonecrest Pack.Every wolf in the Alliance was laughing at them. They’d thrown away a strategic genius who held the Alliance’s finances in her hands like she was trash.Then, a soft knock on my office door.I looked up from my desk.Through the glass, I saw three faces.Alistair, Isolde, and Aria.All their old arrogance was gone.Kaelen pushed himself up from the sofa. He was flicking a lighter between his fingers, his eyes as cold as ice, as he sneered, “Well, look what the cat dragged in.” He made no move to offer them a seat.I put down my pen and opened the door.Even through the glass, I could see my mother’s hair.Mostly white now.The bun that was always perfectly coiled was now loose and messy.My father stood behind her. He didn’t even have the courage to look me in the eye.The once-mig

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