The hospital corridors felt endless, every eye following our progress—the Alpha and his supposedly unstable Luna who had attacked a pregnant woman. Whispers followed in our wake. I caught fragments of conversations and saw the mixture of curiosity, judgment, and worst of all, sympathy in their eyes
Sylvia’s POV"If James were still alive..." she choked out, her voice breaking on his name in a way that made my stomach turn.The fluorescent lights cast harsh shadows across Astrid's face as her carefully maintained facade began to crack. Tears welled up in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks, ea
Her smile turned cruel then, all pretense of innocence abandoned. At that moment, I saw her true face - the manipulator, the destroyer, the woman who would burn everything to the ground to get what she wanted."Oh, don’t you know that?... Such a tragic story - the noble Alpha betrayed by his closest
Sylvia’s POVPain exploded through my shoulder as I hit the wall, the impact stealing my breath. The metallic taste of blood filled my mouth - I'd bitten my tongue during the collision. My wolf recoiled instinctively from her mate's aggressive display of dominance, whimpering at this unprecedented
Sylvia’s POV"Oh, goddess..." Her voice cracked, thick with rage and grief. "That bastard. That absolute bastard. He's actually—" She couldn't even finish the sentence.She didn't waste time with empty comfort or useless platitudes. Instead, she scooped me up like I weighed nothing, her wolf strengt
The casual cruelty of his words, the way he could threaten to go further just to punish me, made something inside me finally shatter completely. This wasn't the man I'd loved. Maybe he never had been."You're threatening me?" My voice came out surprisingly steady. "Using our mate bond as a weapon to
Sylvia’s POVI arrived at the Alpha King's palace - the grand structure my ancestors had built generations ago. The Cold Moon Pack had always been known for our master craftsmen, and this palace was our greatest achievement. Every stone, every beam, every intricate carving had been placed by my pac
I should have protested. Should have maintained proper distance from this wolf who was neither my mate nor my pack. But exhaustion weighed heavily on me, and Lucas's strength felt like a sanctuary I desperately needed.His heart beat steady and strong under my ear as he carried me through marble hal