THE ALPHA'S FORGOTTEN LUNA

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ng the city burn with lights beneath him. Below, humans hustled through their glittering illusions -

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cision; eyes of molten gold that flickered faintly when his wolf stirred. Eve

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ouncil's deci

idn't tu

f Crescent Pack territories. The

is tone razor-sharp. "You mean

llowed hard.

e. "Prepare the contracts. By tomorrow morning, I want th

, Al

rateful, perhaps, to stil

nce returned. Damian loose

nning oil, tech and pharmaceuticals. But what they didn't know was only super

an empire built on po

ce something deeper stirred

ng within him, snarling at unseen ghosts

oon C

is true mate. And though Damian's pack was the strongest in North Ame

t - the silence where a c

n the back of his mind, a voic

ples. "You've been sa

me is di

trange ache, like something inside him had started to wake. The moon

e room around him flickered - a flash o

. His pupils

that?" h

n't answer -

, like a song ca

der the same moon, a girl

her knuckles burned. The manor kitchen smelled of bleach and smok

and mocking. "You missed a spot again. Do you thi

gue. "I'm cleaning

ped the bucket, spilling dirty water over th

t she didn't move. She'd learned not to fight back. Not w

since she was a child - not out of kindness, but b

litical ties. But deep their wealth, a darker truth pulsed. They were wolves

a was the

have guests tonight. Make yourself useful and stay out of sight. If

urora murmured,

hey could see the anger

d, the moonlight spilling over her skin. The forest loomed beyon

lone, she thought she cou

e storms before they came, feel emotions before they were spok

dow caught her breath - silver eyes g

ed, and i

d. Aurora's heart sank as she recogni

or K

ld. His smile didn

Victor has just returned from the North. He

ard Aurora, and a slow sm

" he asked.

"Our ward. A burden, really, but she keeps hers

s cheek

low. "Common, maybe. But prett

pted in poli

erself quickly, rushing back to the ki

, in a hidden office, her gua

. "Victor's father offered double the d

t's time we finally profit

y, Damian's pul

r's death. Yet tonight, under the full moon, his sens

rowled. "Sh

ckered with satellite feeds and surveillance maps of his territorie

fire, appeared near the Easte

narrowed.

tion, he grabb

alled as Damian pas

omorrow's

are you

voice dropping to a gro

, unable to sleep. The moon hung low, enormous

ain that made her gasp. She pressed he

he hea

Distant.

ro

rembling. "W

- soft, whispering

veins of silver crawling across her arms. H

n she f

wo

hrough her veins like fire. She fell to her knees

emerged - tall, ethereal,

wolf's voice said. They've hidd

m shattered th

across the floor. The moon above fl

Damian Blackthorn's wolf thr

elt

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ma

e moon had

ng echoed through every

e heartbeat, dest