The Alpha Addiction

Grandma with the dishes, listened patiently to Grandpa's stories about his youth,

nto the house that caught my attenti

ed the second ni

more vivid. I saw wolves, their eyes glowing like embers, circling a figure I couldn't

r. I could hear the faintest rustle of leaves outside, smell the faint scent

were sitting on the porch, the sun dipping low on the horizon. She was perche

her about the dreams. "Yeah," I said

ith those piercing eyes. "You don'

. "Guess I'm ful

ckly. "Do you think... do you think

t me off guard. "W

wn at her hands. "I just... I

firmly. "You couldn

ne. Something passed between us then

I knew one thing for sure: I wo

something deeper, something primal. And though I didn

Nathan

ull moon. The light was wrong-too bright, too close. It bathed everything in silver, tur

ing like ancient bark. His gaze fixed on the throne that had sat empty for over

e edge of the smooth oak table. "The moon's sudden rise-it align

hispers of the True Alpha's return, a savior who would restore balanc

ecies aside, the palace is stirring. Shadows move where none should. The whi

Lila asked, her usually ser

te in his mouth. "They grow bolder with each passing moon, orchest

s flickered, casting eerie, shifting shapes ac

despite the chill creeping up my spine. "But if the True Alpha lives, the da

into murmurs of a

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o without effort. I crouched low in the cavernous hall, the dim light

*"The moon is ours to manipulate. The

inattentive guards and crumbling wards. But now, the moon's sudden rise un

ancient wa

d promises of power. The Master's plan had always been to seed chaos until the wolves begged for orde

I swore under my breath as a streak of silv

shadows behind me. Tyler, a fellow dark force,

harp whisper. "Before he finds his strengt

s. I stared at the flickering flame, its li

Nathan

The elders dispersed, their steps heavy as

mpty throne. The silver moonlight bathe

foreign on my tongue. "If you are o

on seemed to pulse once,