<i>Zephyrine </i>


    “I, Zephyrine Ashmere, take my vow tonight as the Alpha of Ash Pack.”


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    The rituals werepleted. I had drunk, I had eaten the necessary, and I had spoken the words that bound Jurrek to me. Now I could feel his energy clearer than ever.


    But aside from that, I felt weak. All I wanted was toy in bed with Lycannar and not wake until the pain waned. Yet that night, I found myself standing before the building where Luna Tahlia resided in my pack.


    Jurrek had brought word that she wished for a visit, and tonight I chose to spare her my attention. Tomorrow is the eve of the full moon, and if I recalled correctly, it will be the day Lycannar’s Beta would take the vow with him.


    The night was cold, aura heavy around me, courtdies trailing behind. Guards were not yet assigned, but I intended to make arrangements before bed.


    Atst, the door opened, and she appeared, carrying young ck in her arms. She bowed deeply, but I ignored the gesture, instead taking the child from her.


    A smile curled at the corner of my lips as the boy reached for my face, but soon sadness sank in. A pup. Something I might never have.


    I lowered my gaze and passed young ck into Blue’s arms. Just like that, my mood shifted.


    I walked ahead, beckoning Luna Tahlia to join me.


    “How is Ash Pack treating you?” I asked. She faltered in her steps, forcing me to stop as well.


    I turned toward her under the path of the litmps, the dark sky broad above us. She stared at me as though


    I were not even real, then bowed again, unable to contain her thoughts.


    “Alpha Zephyrine,” she whispered.


    I swallowed hard. The title felt heavier than anything I had ever wanted to bear.


    “You should not be so formal. Soon you will be the mother of an Alpha. Do not bow before me.”


    To this, she swallowed and stepped closer, sighing.


    “About that… I have thought long on it.” I studied her, seeing the change in her spirit. “Peace… it is here. After that night my mother died, something in me shifted. I no longer wish for that post for young ck.”


    “Luna Tahlia…”


    “You are an Alpha. A warrior. Youmand thergest and most respected pack, and I have seen what you are capable of. You are pure. You kill only for justice, for peace but the Yadev…. they are cruel. They are worse. I do not want to cross their path again. I was only lucky you saved me that night. I want nothing with them. Let them have the pack.”


    She was panicking, her voice trembling, yet she sounded reasonable. Still, I did not agree. I stepped closer,


    pinning my gaze to hers.


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    “You truly would let Ka and her father go free after what they did to you?” I asked, and she swallowed hard. “The disgrace. The lies. The pack they stole?”


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    “You still have followers, Luna Tahlia. Many would despise the Yadevs‘ rule. Would you not save them?”


    She lowered her gaze, sadness flickering across her face, and I caught it.”


    “If it were up to me, I would never let Ka go so easily,” she admitted; looking up with a shaky sigh. “My husband and I had the perfect rtionship until she began seducing him after returning from her mission of peace. The night I caught them in bed together… everything changed. She is a wrecker. You cannot imagine what she is truly like. You will never know.”


    Her words struck me like a de. My breath stilled, the cold night closing around me. Ka. That vile, grasping woman.


    The whispers I had heard, that Alpha ck betrayed his Luna, suddenly twisted into something darker, uglier. And now I knew.


    The woman who destroyed their marriage, who spread rot through her home, was Ka.


    Rage swelled beneath my skin, sharp and burning. My hands curled, nails biting into my palms. For a fleeting moment I wanted to tear her name from the earth itself, to grind the memory of her existence into


    dust.


    I studied Luna Tahlia again. She swallowed hard, eyes wide on me, but all I could feel was the bitter taste of fury in my throat. A shaky sigh escaped before I could contain it.


    “I never thought we would share amon enemy, Luna Tahlia,” I said atst, my voice harsher than intended. Then I scoffed bitterly. “But Ka is not even worthy to be mine. For all she has done, you should not consider her yours either, for bedding your husband. Focus only on young ck.”


    I stepped forward and reached for her hand. She hesitated for a moment, then slowly ced her palm over mine.


    “I beg you, Alpha Zephyrine,” she whispered. “I do not want to fight for the pack. Please, I will do anything to repay you for offering me shelter. A maid has even been assigned to me. I am grateful. It is more than enough. Lately, I have thought of helping with tasks, anything to be useful. But I cannot go back to ckbridge Pack. I beg you.”


    Her words sink into me. Nothing in her longs to fight back. I search her eyes again, about to respond, when movement ahead catches my attention.


    Jurrek Bane.


    “Alpha Zephyrine,” he calls, taking in my title without hesitation, as though he has long awaited to address me as Alpha.


    He approaches and bows. To Luna Tahlia, he offers a slight bow, and she responds in kind.


    “Alpha Zephyrine,” he says, turning back to me. “Alpha Orod of Horn Pack is here. He says he has urgent


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    I raise an eyebrow, confusion prickling at me. Alpha Orod, one of the Alpha I approached on behalf of Hue Pack, when Nyroth’s pack was down. He agreed to the trade out of respect for me and sealed the deal with Hue Pack. Now he is here without warning. Why?


    “He said it is about ckbridge Pack,” Jurrek adds, and Luna Tahlia and I exchange a knowing look.


    “Come with me,” I say to Luna Tahlia, and Jurrek leads the way into the meeting hall.


    I stop at the entrance, eyes fixed on Alpha Orod and his beta. The guards stand motionless like statues,mp mes flickering along the walls.


    Alpha Orod swallows hard as he sees me.


    “You are an Alpha now. You took your vow… and yet you didn’t invite anyone to rejoice with you?”


    I step forward, walking toward him.


    “The ceremony will be made, Alpha Orod, I assure you. A moment that will be remembered forever. But for now… why have youe?”


    He sighs and shifts his gaze to Jurrek behind me. I notice Luna Tahlia lingering in the hallway, silent, listening. I understand. Her death registration was finalized weeks ago. No one knows she is alive within my pack. Not until Alpha Orod proves his intentions will she reveal herself.


    “I received an invitation from Alpha Nyroth of Hue Pack a few days ago but concerning the rumor that you are in a rtionship with the Lycan King, I ignored the invitation.” he begins. “Then I ran into him at an Alphas‘ meeting earlier today. You won’t believe what he said.”


    I keep my eyes on him, silent, waiting.


    “He was with Ka Yadev. They proposed a huge deal… rumors to be spread. They need Horn Pack’s support toe <i>to </i>Ash Pack and save it.”


    I stiffen, brow arching.


    “How… save Ash Pack?<b>” </b>


    “They im it has no Alpha. That it is a pack where medals and honors earned by your forefathers were stolen and manipted. They want to spread the rumor that thest warlord bribe the high council to earn respect, leaving the pack rotten and its members dying behind the walls. They intend to save it.”


    Silence falls like a weight. I stare at Alpha Orod, yet do not truly see him. Thenughter bursts from me, startling in its intensity.


    I turn to Jurrek, chuckling, and slowly make my way toward the chair. But just as suddenly, theughter dies, reced by something primal.


    I had even considered forgiving them for taking ckbridge Pack. The audacity of those two nitwits, thinking Ash Pack is theirs to hijack. The honors of my forefathers, achieved through blood and strategy, stolen through bribery?


    Such a grave, unforgivable mistake.