Chapter 40: The Crowning and Dethroning of the Beta Position.

Back at the Alpha’s mansion, Kimberly wandered through the grand hall, her eyes feasting on the stunning artwork that adorned the walls.

She found each piece to be a masterpiece, but one painting in particular captured her attention. She came to halt and turned to stand before it. She became mesmerized by a poignant portrait of a majestic wolf.

Its somber expression was a reflection of its feral and untamed spirit. The artist’s masterful brush strokes render the wolf’s thick fur in exquisite detail, with shades of brown and bronze dominating the palette. Except for the piercing bright golden eyes that seem to glow with an inner light, burning with a fierce intensity, as if longing for a distant moon or for a forgotten freedom.

She felt an inexplicable attraction towards that one painting. Kimberly's gaze locked onto the wolf’s, its eyes drawing her into its hauntingly beautiful world as it gleamed like lanterns in the dark, she barely heard Nicholas's footsteps as he approached her