Fated to the shadow Alpha

Kennet

oft rustling of leaves and the heavy presence of the man who had saved me. My pu

e An

man whose presence could command silence in a room filled with warriors. And now, he sto

w power surrounding me. Every fiber of my being screamed to

eneath my feet. This wasn't supposed to happen. The Moon Goddess had cursed m

darkened. "

g I couldn't decipher. He stepped forward, and instinct forced me to retreat. M

n his jaw twitched, as

urt you,"

their back on me. My pack, my so-called family, had cast me aside the m

me," I whispered. "

es-something primal, unyieldi

h my chest, but I clenched my fists,

I shot back, lifting my chin d

ost amused, but the hunger behind it s

fter, deadlier. "I can feel you, Adele. Every heartbeat.

not from fear, but from so

took a slow step back. "You need rest. Th

eckless. Staying in th

le choices, I swallowed the

Ande

nered, wounded, and shaken,

el

mind like a whisper

fted. Not just instinct. Something deeper. She wasn't

hat bastard wouldn't have

as if waiting for me to turn on her. The

e?" she asked, arms w

t f

ld, untouched, laced with something a

imping,"

m f

n littl

s had dug into her, the way she had curled in on herself when he

hen I needed to escape the politics of pack life. Small but sturdy, ne

and motioned for her

inside," I said dryly. "Unl

n more intimidating if s

around before sinking onto th

here?" s

etim

ress further

crouched beside her, reachin

told you-I wo

hing uneven, but after a m

for the world she had been thrown into. Anger burned b

face for signs of discomfort. She refused

you?" I asked, bre

the fabric of her torn j

esn't make sense. S

hisper. "They thought I was weak. Useless. B

mething sharp t

do you

same shade as mine. But that wasn't possible. Only Alphas had eyes like that. Understandi

pposed to exis

ched. "Trust

silence, thick wi

tired, not just from the night, but from years of being forced into a world that didn't want her. My wolf