Fated to the shadow Alpha

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ll that had settled deep inside me. No matter how close I sat to the flames, the cold

way he carried himself, the way his golden eyes missed nothing- it made my skin prickle with awa

ma

would choose me despite my low status. The Moon Goddess had a cruel sens

my nerves. Worrying w

eaking the silence. "Your body i

ft. My wolf. The way Maddox had reacted to it. Somethin

fingers tightening in the blanket he h

anced in his eyes, unreadable. "I saw en

every ri

ge, but something in his p

ever asked before. No one had cared

when I was young, and the pack saw me as nothing more than a burden. Until now,

d silent, let

Painful. When I finally looked in the water

left me. "Th

inst the armrest of the ch

on pack woul

es belong to Alphas or something close to the

ily in my chest. Rare meant

they treat me like I'm something worse." The blanket tight

e stretche

in

sent heat raci

ething untamed. He wasn't just sayin

e murmured again, vo

in. Lying down on the worn-out couch, I curled into myself, listenin

usness and dreams, his vo

r than they will

Ande

eping form. She looked small wrapped in the blanket, fr

s what they h

ol

d untamed. Whatever she was, whatever

etched in all directions, silent but watchful. Maddox wouldn't let this

instinct screamed to protect her, to claim her, to m

it. She wasn't ready

aught my attention. Foots

stray," a famil

his chest. The Beta of my pack, and the only pers

concern,"

countered. "Especially when it invol

oom for ignorance.

pe

"Rumors have been circling about a girl in

y body tensed. "W

wiped out generations ago." His gaze darkened

of his word

I don't k

e does?" Dori

d no idea what she was. Maddox had tried t

id, the truth settlin

ou better be ready to start a war, bec

s mine. And no one wo

Ande

ed into the night. War. Maddox wouldn't just let this go

eady, her face caught between exhaustion and unease. Even in sleep, tension lined her body,

y senses open for any movement outside. My wolf prowle

ling me to her- it was something

bodies fought the change. But Adele's shift had been something else entirely. That po

That alone was enough reason to protect her. A sharp gasp broke the silence. Adele sat up, breathing heavily, he

told her, though I wasn

he swallowed. "It did

my hair, I leaned forwa

rs twisting in the f

sn't this forest. It was different- darker, colder. Something

athing

I saw.

es tense

But it wasn't just my wolf. She was... bigger. Stronge

move, did

swirling in her golden irises. "I don't unde

hey d

part of them, an extension of their soul. But what

you something," I said care

ed into fists. "I

u w

ced toward the door. "Maddox w

N

between us, he

terms with a reality she had tried

ad spent her entire life being treated as weak. But she wasn't weak.

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p, filled with the scent

den eyes. He had said we were going to train, but so far, he

ly going to do something, or are you

he corner of his mo

ike imp

his muscles flexing beneat

d. "Just l

ed. "You need to get used

in my mind- the pain, the heat, the overwhelming power. Bu

had spent years suppressing. A spark of energy flicker

Pain lanced through my muscles, but this time, it wasn'

. My paws dug into the earth, claws sinking into the damp soil. Drake's wolf sto

t, not threatening, but testing. I

und, but before I could react, he was behind me, knocking me off balance. Frustration fla

mits. But something was different this time. The mor

th grazing my shoulde

ing him off guard. He stumbled, and for the first time, I felt a surg

ng heavily, the cool air

eadable in his gaze. "You're le

t your way of sayi

ched, but he