The Alpha's Lost Luna

int rays of sunshine filtering through the trees. The clearing was still and quiet, darkened by the dense backdrop

, whispering in low tones, obliv

, doubt twinkling in his dark eyes. "I m

lance my way. "It's not like he would've

e talking about me; for that reason, I would no

irst wolf said. "No one has managed to st

e, my heart racing. Everyone became quiet as Ka

nge expression in his eyes,

flatly. "It's ti

the pang in annoyance. "

ok slow measured steps toward

fied him. "Really? Why save me at a

ible in his eyes before it was hidden a

ourself a nice death, and that w

k a grin in sheer disbelief. "You

ent. "I have no heart left in this life

er run down my spine. I fought to regain the same stand, round, a

crossing my arms. "So you m

ghing an option. His jaw clenched, and the tension I felt in his sho

fine. Stay for now. But you follow my rules, and

elf from smiling. "I am

turned away. "Ren, show her around," he ordered one of the wolv

was his name--stepped forward with a hurried nod toward me, looki

me... if that's

y, and for a moment, I felt a strange pang of... regret. As if I'd wanted him to keep argu

e trees with his shoulders set in a manner that told me he wasn'

fire pit, a small shelter where they kept their food, and a few huts scattered, all made fro

r my breath as I surveyed the modest

er to me in sort of an amused manner. "We mak

, a refuge for those too troublesome to find a proper place. And judging by the scars on his f

to keep my tone casual. "I mean, I get that he's the alp

ster listening ears before bringing his v

riosity intensifying.

ghed heartily. "Kael used to be one of the stronger alphas in our

ly able to process the sh

of treason. Allegedly, he had conspired with rogues to overthrow the pack leader

mind raced. "What could

bitterness. "The council wanted a puppet they could control. And Kae

it, but it now made sense; the coldness in his eyes, the distance between him and

ome followed him. Because we believed in him, knew he was innocent.

ad built something here, taken in wolves that had nowhere else to go. And

at?" I inquired, my voice

id with a sigh. "And can you blame

Kael without knowing his story. I had not given thought to what

rom a distance, the expression on his face unreadable. I was unable to shake off the t

yet. Not until I knew who Kael was and why I was f

a figure watching from the depths of the darkness. I squinted, trying to recognize who the per

atch us in these wood