Bound to her destined alpha

est just beyond the Silver Crest Pack's territory. The world here hadn't changed. The same howling winds.

ar

il girl who had f

ed like the edge of a blade. Her eyes, once dim and uncertain, glowed with the icy brilliance of a moon tou

ning. This time, she

long years sinc

ring down at the Silver Crest gates fro

still sleep sou

nized it anymore. The patrols were more disciplined, the warriors thicker-built, the territory guarded tighter than

come back to ad

to tear

rned to fight, to track, to summon power from deep within the Omega bloodline power that even the strongest Alphas didn

wo

just beneath her skin. Her wolf had awakened two years ago. Quiet, cold, and fi

again, Nyra whis

red aloud. "We'll

forest behind he

instinctively reaching for the

, with sharp blue eyes and a crooked grin th

late,"

d, lowering the dagge

ou're the heart of

need a ba

one. I'm just here to make sure the prodigal omega

oward the packlands

wed her gaz

dn't a

asked, his tone lighter now. "You're not the

nks I'm

it that way," Ryd

idn't r

crown made of stone and arrogance. She remembered every corridor, every crea

," she said. "I

ned. "And

as steady. "I m

g flame of a whiskey-scented candle on the desk. He leaned back in his chair, papers scattered before

toni

m had returned

e

ar

ows, jaw tightening. Five years. W

er found her body. Just that damn

him that refused to close. And even now, he couldn't stop wondering i

and against the desk

had

for trade and healing. Cloaked, hood drawn low, she passed through the outer villages unnoticed. Her new

t one

om age, watched her as she handed over

power in y

ffened. "

erce through her. "It's in your eyes.

e," she sa

xactly what someone

way before he

he knew the protocol. Knew the faces. And when she offered her services to the pack's healer, an

ad b

ack in the den

ys moves fast

pecting the patrols. He didn't know why he'd come

sc

in

wers an

senses like lightning

olf s

A

back a step, b

e woods, heart thudd

t smelled it in fiv

could

ld

ked, jogging toward

storm behind his eyes. "F

ands were

art wa

rvant wing that night, silent a

till refusing to take

ed, snorting. "They say he's cursed.

ps twitche

ave no

e more. The mansion hadn't changed. The scent of leather and pine still clung to the wa

e east wing Lu

pa

was cra

art sl

n'

oved before sh

lightly... just enou

muscles taut, hair slightly wet from a recent s

eld her

strils

e sudden mo

eyes

ingle h

sion before she spun and vanished down

ond later, chest rising and fal

?" he

o

ll was

scent

er tha

lm against the wa

ive," he

a is alive and she'