Shattered By An Alpha, Healed By A Lycan King

prosperity. But as Alpha Alaric Thorne paced the length of his m

nce of the pack's connection to the moon-were flickering. Outside, the lush valley t

were falling ill. And for the first time in a century, the

hest burned. Ever since the night of the Moon Ceremony, when he had se

he muttered to himself, though hi

silks and smelling of heavy, cloying perfume. She looked beautifu

Council is waiting. They want to know when we move the heavy artille

k, Elara. Jaxon's patrol returned today-half of them can't ev

nd is fine. It's just a dry season. Once we kill that Lycan beast

aric's voice was

hey were nothing but servants. But Alaric remembered his father's dying words about a "Lunar Bl

er's secret journal, hidden bene

her married Lyra's father, what happened to the Vance family seal?

to her lips. Her heart skipped a b

ered. "It was probably lost in

tied to the Alpha line. It was tied to the Vance female. It was a 'hidden' lunar blessing. As long a

asite. You told me she was stealing from the treasury. You gave me the

ara cried, he

idence was forged. You didn't just want the Luna title-you wanted her dead because you knew if I mated

felt in Lyra wasn't her own-it was the weight of her suppressed power. She had

Without Lyra's presence, the Sil

eyes filling with a horrific clarity. "I r

e now. She's in the arms of a monster. Even if you want her back, she'll never come. S

aid, ignoring Elara's vitriol.

Moon Ceremony is final! You claimed me! Y

s. He needed to see the state of his men. He needed to prepare a parley, not a war. I

out onto the balco

anymore. It was turning

t blotted out the flickering lanterns. The warriors

eature of legend. A massive, armored wolf, ridden by a wo

ue mission. It w

rt hammering with a mixture of ter

had been her prison and her home. In her hand, she held a s

the pack's sacred totem stone in the center of the courtyard. The stone,

nk was

knees as his Alpha spark flickered and died. He felt the strength leave his muscles,

amplified by the armor she wore. "You said you would

aming down his face. "Lyra... please... I was wr

was a cold, be

peared on the ridge behind her, his own monstrous form glowing with power.

her eyes glowing with the

e. And I want the head of the man

ith, the ground beneath the Silver

ht! If you attack us, the Council will trigger the trap

ard the Council's hidden bunkers i

hispered, "that I'm no longer m

, but it didn't come from the sky. It came

hidden in the vaults, was reacting to its true mi

hird presence made itself known. A voice, ancient and

lver Moon. And the c