Replaced by the Hero’s Orphan
The day the new Pack House was finished, my mother, Aria, the Luna, announced the room assignments.
Every space in the three-story mansion was claimed.
The top floor was the Alpha and Luna’s suite.
The room next to it—the biggest, the most beautiful, with moonstones embedded in the walls to soothe a wolf’s soul—was for Chloe.
Chloe’s father died ten years ago in the Blood Moon War. He sacrificed himself to save my brother, Jasper.
After that, my family adopted her. The whole pack treated her like a hero’s orphan, protecting her at all costs.
I traced the blueprints with my finger. Room by room. My name wasn't there.
I asked my mother. She paused, then spoke in that gentle, matter-of-fact ton