All Chapters of The Pack’s Princess and Her Three Knights: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

They’d promised to wait, but when I came out, all four of them were gone.I didn’t bother looking for them. I followed the crowd toward the lake.Across the water, attendants were boarding guests for the park’s sunset cruise. Sadie stood at the front of the line, laughing between Miles and Nolan while Everett handed over tickets.“That’s the private deck,” a girl beside me told her friend. “You need to reserve a month ahead.”A month ahead.I watched Everett hand over four ticketsApparently, they’d forgotten me again.The last time we’d come to this park, Everett had held my hand through every ride. He was an Alpha everyone else was afraid to cross, but with me, he’d been endlessly patient, happy to indulge my every whim.Nolan, our thoughtful Gamma, had carried the giant stuffed wolf he’d spent half an hour winning for me. Miles, our usually impatient Delta, had insisted we squeeze into a photo booth together, then kept feeding it quarters until we got a picture I liked.Back then

Sadie resigned from the welfare office that morning.By afternoon, she was Alpha Everett Blackwood’s personal aide.To celebrate, he had the Blackwood family’s mountain estate prepared for a private party in her honor.Miles sent me the invitation.I typed back two words.Not coming.An hour later, Everett was standing in my bedroom doorway.“Can you stop doing this?”Still weak from the fever, I leaned against the doorframe and looked at him.“Doing what?”“Sadie’s crying.”“I said I didn’t want to go to a party.”“You know what she thinks this means.”I looked at him. He hadn’t asked about the medicine beside my bed or why my voice still sounded rough.“What about what I want?”His jaw tightened.For years, if Sadie wanted something, I was supposed to agree. If I didn’t, she cried, and they came looking for me.On graduation day, they’d brought her flowers.There was nothing for me.Sadie noticed me looking.“Oh, Audrey. Here. You can have mine.”She held out Everett’s bouquet.“No,

For almost a minute, no one answered.Everett sat behind the wheel, staring at the group chat.Then Miles replied.Did Audrey get in the car last night?Nolan’s message followed.I don’t know. I wasn’t looking.Neither had Everett.He’d seen Sadie climb into the back. Heard her scream at the lightning.Then he’d driven away.He called me again. Nothing.I’d always answered him. Even when I was angry, even when he’d called late and woken me, I’d answered.He closed his eyes and reached for the bond.My wolf had always been faint. He’d had to learn how to recognize my presence: a small warmth beneath his ribs, easy to miss unless he paid attention.Once, finding it had been instinctive.Now he searched until his chest hurt.Nothing answered.His gaze fell on the dashcam.He opened the recordings with fingers that wouldn’t stay steady.Rain streaked the rear camera. Miles appeared first, guiding Sadie toward the door. Nolan helped her inside.Then me.I was only a few steps behind them.E

Mom’s video call came through just after I landed in London.“They came looking for you. I gave Everett your letter.”I stopped beside my suitcase.“And?”“He left before the others. Then he crashed his car.”For a moment, I couldn’t picture it.Everett had always been so controlled. Even before he became Alpha, everyone trusted him to keep his head.“Is he all right?”“He’ll recover.”Once, I would have booked the next flight home. I would have sat beside his bed, watching every breath until he woke.Now I nodded.“I’m glad.”Mom studied my face.“The elders have confirmed the cancellation. You won’t be expected to return for a Luna ceremony.”“Thank you, Mom.”Aunt Helen’s pack occupied a wooded estate outside London.She met me on the front steps and pulled me into a hug.“There you are.”For a moment, I let myself lean against her.Then she held me at arm’s length.“First, you eat. Then you meet everyone. Business can wait until tomorrow.”She introduced me by name to every person