Rejected Luna, Claimed by the Alpha Who Regretted

rp and deliberate, like someone who

the door with

sence filling the narrow space. The bond stirred weakly, confused, aching

the hall,"

es

s inside. There was none. The room was neat. To

to talk,"

de. "You already

ot sit. He rarely did in her

le. Outside, the pack grounds were still quiet, the c

idn't expect you t

lightly. "You didn't ex

ed. "This isn't

st smile

is it about

g her for the first time in years. Her stillness unse

" he said. "Lyra offered al

her," Elara

e the f

ords. Elara folded her arms loosely, mor

?" she

ust a fraction of

part of that eq

No cruelty. No softness.

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dened. "The bon

e it

. Just spoken like a fact

mewhere inside her, something

ke," she

es

elieved to h

he did not remind him of nights spent guarding his sleep, of

he asked o

," she said, "would you

ot answer

s answe

at last. "Po

into a small, sad

standing,"

Alpha she had lived quietly for too long.

"You don't h

ear the window, where a single bag sa

ned this,

intment," she replied.

ow, warning. "Leaving without

bag. "Then call

being em

aze. "I am be

, as if sensing what was coming. Elara pre

will be Luna. But you can s

ided

a lia

ara said

have anyw

l," sh

't survi

er chin. "I

surprised

g unreadable flashing across his fa

y is," Ela

door. Kael reached out, stoppi

will hurt,

ready

ened t

Dawn light filtered in throug

ael said b

on the doorframe,

never weak

gers ti

chosen better," she

ds, past familiar paths and silent trees. A few guards noti

the outer boundary, the

, into her bones. Elara stumbled, catching herself against a

ered, more to her

ind. Kael's presence. His

ned and took

ithin the pack ter

a sharp breath, one hand gripping the stone railing of th

uttered, his

d not

e etched with runes older than the pack itself

one foot

nd scr

re she could stop it. She dropped to her knees, hands pre

rent this time. Sh

hed thr

" she whispered

ng breath, Elara cr

hed thin, and then dull

Silver Fang Pack

inty, danger, and a futu

d into the growing light, carrying a