Shattered Promises of the Alpha
"I am whole. We are whole."
Ethan stood completely still, his breath locking in his chest as if he had been struck by a physical blow. Beneath his broad palm, beneath the layers of silk and skin, his dark, acute wolf senses caught it—a faint, delicate, yet impossibly strong second heartbeat, pulsing in perfect, harmonious rhythm with Lyra’s own.
It was a tiny, fierce spark of life—a child born not of war, ambition, or political duty, but of pure, eternal love.