The Alpha Cursed Luna
Vesper's POV
I found Corvus within a hidden clearing deep inside contested, considerable territory, his expression carrying visible, hardened hostility the moment he registered my own, deliberate approach.
"I wondered when you'd finally show yourself directly," he said coldly, old fury evident beneath his continued, guarded composure. "Come to lecture me about Thessaly's evident weakness, perhaps? About how genuine compassion apparently outweighs decades of legitimate, considerable grievance?"
"I've come to understand you," I said carefully, refusing to let his hostile challenge diminish my continued, genuine purpose. "Corvus, you witnessed his execution alongside Thessaly. I understand your