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It was nearly midnight when Jake returned to the main house.Only one light was on in the entryway.He tossed his car keys into the tray and glanced upstairs out of habit.No footsteps.In the past, no matter how late it was, Susan would come down as soon as she heard his car pull into the driveway. Sometimes she wore pajamas. Sometimes she stood on the stairs with a blanket around her shoulders and asked if he’d eaten.Over the past few months, she’d stopped asking.She would only look at him and say, “Are you leaving again tonight?”He used to find that look suffocating.Now there was no one on the stairs, and for some reason, it irritated him.The housekeeper approached from the far end of the hall.“Would you like something to eat?”“No.”Jake took off his coat.“Where’s Susan?”The housekeeper’s hands stilled.“She left.”“I know she left the house. I’m asking where she’s staying.”“She didn’t tell me.”Jake looked at her.She’d worked here for more than a decade. She had seen the

The photograph on the wall had been taken five years ago.Susan stood beside him in a white dress, her hair a little windblown.The photographer had told her to look at the camera, but she kept turning toward him instead.That was the day Jake had formally become Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack.He had defeated his half brother and stopped his uncle Marcus from taking control of the pack trust.Everyone had congratulated him.Only Susan had pulled him into a private room after the ceremony and asked whether the wound in his shoulder had reopened.He’d held her hand and thought that, from then on, he would give her the best life possible.And he had.At least, that was what he’d always believed.She lived in the biggest house. She no longer had to worry about money. Everyone who met her had to address her as Luna.But Susan hadn’t stayed happy.She’d started reading financial reports late into the night. Learning every board member’s temperament. Keeping her less appropriate jokes to herse

The next morning, Jake summoned his second-in-command, Daniel.“Find Susan.”Daniel didn’t leave immediately.“There’s something else.”“What?”“The Alliance registry sent a notice. Susan’s pack membership has been terminated.”Jake looked up.“What?”Daniel forwarded the email to his computer.The notice was brief.Susan had been approved to leave the Blood Moon Pack. Her former position had ended at the same time. Her attorney would handle the remaining transfer of property and records.Jake stared at the date.Five days ago.His chest dropped.“Why am I only seeing this now?”“It was sent to the administrative inbox. Notices about members leaving have always gone through the Luna’s office. This time…”Daniel didn’t finish.This time, the Luna herself had left.And Jake hadn’t once bothered to ask whether her office was still functioning.He scrolled down.“Who approved it?”“An Alliance departure officer.”“Where’s my signature?”“She didn’t use the internal application process.”Si

“What about Susan?”His voice was barely audible.The doctor didn’t answer immediately.“By the time she arrived, the resuscitation efforts were over.”“She wasn’t there?”“People had blocked her from leaving her residence. One of the nurses saw the video online later. That was how we learned what had happened.”Jake’s hand slowly tightened.He had seen a screenshot from that video.His public relations staff had sent it to him, saying Emily’s supporters had gotten emotional and taken things a little too far.He’d been in a meeting.His only reply had been to tell them to keep it from spreading.He hadn’t even opened the full video.“Did she call me?”“I don’t know.”After hanging up, Jake opened his call history.He scrolled back to the day before the funeral.There was an answered call.A few dozen seconds.He stared at the entry as the memory slowly returned.Emily had picked up his phone.She’d said it was a wrong number.He’d asked who it was.She’d smiled and said, “No one import

The ranch was in an Alliance-recognized community open to both humans and registered werewolves. Werewolves could join one of the nearby packs or remain independent, following the community’s rules for shared services and local affairs.After I registered at the service center, the woman behind the desk gave me a list of numbers.A veterinarian.An electrician.The nearest werewolf clinic.The Alliance duty patrol for emergencies.She didn’t ask why I’d come alone.She didn’t ask where my Alpha was.I almost thanked her for that.During the first few days, I kept waking in the middle of the night.Sometimes I dreamed my mother was calling me.Sometimes I dreamed I was trapped outside a door, my phone ringing and ringing, and I couldn’t pick it up.When I woke, I reached for the phone beside my pillow.No new messages.Only wind outside the window.At first, the silence frightened me.Later, I started turning on the light when I woke. I poured myself a glass of water and sat until morni