Thor

everything we had ever been. I reached down, my hands closing over her arms

my voice thick. "Nev

"He confirmed it. He also said... he regrets the intensity of how the bond activated. That it wasn't his intention for it to be so... forceful." She finally looked at me,

mark on my neck, sent a cold dread through my veins, but I saw the nec

o focus. "Okay. Fated Mates. My father. And you." She took a deep breath. "This changes everything. But it doesn't change this." She squeezed my hands. "I'm with you, Elara. Not just as your friend

r. Sharper. I was no longer just the rogue she'd taken pity on. I was her Luna. And with her at my side, I felt a

said, my voice steady. "Toget

med but recognizable. "Good," she said, her voice ringing with purpose. "Let's g

act forged between us. This time, when we stepped onto the pack

o me. They saw me, but they also saw Briar at my shoulder, her posture radiating fierce,

s tall, with the powerful build of an Alpha, and he moved with an easy confiden

e me, the same way she had in Kaelen's office. Not submitting. Hold

a

me, her body shifting into a protective stance as she recognized the scent of a rival Alpha. A low, guttural snarl escaped her l

e command of her Luna. She stilled instantly, though the snarl still rumbled in her chest. I was gr

e held my entire world-locked on me. They were filled with a pained, desperate regret I ne

with a broken sorrow that was a

closed. But the woman he was speaking to was not the girl he had shattered. The bond with Ka

o carve a canyon between us. "You performed the

dying on his lips. The training grounds were dead silent, every warrior a witness

urious faces of my new people. I was claiming them as my own, right here, right now. My hand rested on Briar