Giovanni:There was something different about her.That I found myself being intrigued to. Something that attracted me.Something I hadn’t seen the first time I laid eyes on her.Power.Not the brute strength of wolves, or the cold strategy of an Alpha raised on war. No, Valerie carried something el
Valerie:The late morning sun warmed my skin, the breeze brushing soft tendrils of hair across my cheek. I sat on the edge of the garden steps, arms wrapped around my knees, watching my son laugh as he chased a butterfly through the tall grass.It was almost peaceful, almost normal. It reminded me o
Caspian:“He’s not moving like he should,” Mateo said, his arms crossed as he stood beside the table, eyes narrowed over the reports we’d spread across the desk. “We’ve traced two of Giovanni’s supply routes, and still, nothing. It’s like he’s stalling. Whatever is going on, he is trying to play a g
Valerie:“Elias?” I whispered, looking at my brother for a moment too long.My eyes softened as I kept them on him. “Brother? Why are you sleeping in a crate? What happened to your bed?”I gently ran my finger over his cheek. It was cold. Neither one of the pack members spoke. Neither one of them ap
“I'm so sorry, Valerie. I really am…”*******************************I don’t remember falling asleep.Only the dull ache in my chest, the rawness of my throat, and the weight of silence around me when I opened my eyes again.The couch beneath me felt softer than usual, like someone had adjusted the
Caspian:Valerie hadn’t moved from the bed all day.She barely touched her breakfast. Barely muttered a word when I checked on her. Adrian curled beside her that morning, quietly tracing little stars onto her arm with his fingers, hoping it might make her smile.She didn’t.And to make matters worse
Valerie:I felt like I hadn’t left the bed in days.I tried to, but my body would not allow it. It was as if it was complaining whenever I wanted to get up. It was as if my limbs were crying out in pain, begging me not to move, begging me to stay, showing me that I did not have a way out, that I wan
I frowned. “You came here to scold me? You really came here to remind me of something that I did not even want to think about right now?”“I came here to remind you who you are,” she said firmly. “You are not just my daughter. You are not just a sister who lost her brother. You are a Luna. You are t
Caspian:The bed was cold.My hand reached for her instinctively, brushing across the empty sheets where Valerie should have been. Her warmth lingered faintly, but she was gone. And with the way the house felt, still, quiet, I knew she hadn’t just stepped into the next room. She was up completely. S
Valerie:The sun was already high by the time I peeled the covers off my body.By the time when I allowed myself to get up from bed, when I told myself that it was time for me to stand strong on my feet.My mother's words played in my mind and I knew that running away was not going to be the option
Caspian:I laid beside her in the dim room, the warmth of her body pressed gently against mine as the weight of silence settled over us. It wasn’t the uncomfortable kind. It was thick with meaning, with grief, with all the words she hadn’t had the strength to say until now.With all the pain that sh
I frowned. “You came here to scold me? You really came here to remind me of something that I did not even want to think about right now?”“I came here to remind you who you are,” she said firmly. “You are not just my daughter. You are not just a sister who lost her brother. You are a Luna. You are t
Valerie:I felt like I hadn’t left the bed in days.I tried to, but my body would not allow it. It was as if it was complaining whenever I wanted to get up. It was as if my limbs were crying out in pain, begging me not to move, begging me to stay, showing me that I did not have a way out, that I wan
Caspian:Valerie hadn’t moved from the bed all day.She barely touched her breakfast. Barely muttered a word when I checked on her. Adrian curled beside her that morning, quietly tracing little stars onto her arm with his fingers, hoping it might make her smile.She didn’t.And to make matters worse
“I'm so sorry, Valerie. I really am…”*******************************I don’t remember falling asleep.Only the dull ache in my chest, the rawness of my throat, and the weight of silence around me when I opened my eyes again.The couch beneath me felt softer than usual, like someone had adjusted the
Valerie:“Elias?” I whispered, looking at my brother for a moment too long.My eyes softened as I kept them on him. “Brother? Why are you sleeping in a crate? What happened to your bed?”I gently ran my finger over his cheek. It was cold. Neither one of the pack members spoke. Neither one of them ap
Caspian:“He’s not moving like he should,” Mateo said, his arms crossed as he stood beside the table, eyes narrowed over the reports we’d spread across the desk. “We’ve traced two of Giovanni’s supply routes, and still, nothing. It’s like he’s stalling. Whatever is going on, he is trying to play a g