Revenge With The Alpha King

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Full Moon Ceremony, and the Silvercrown Pack was alive with celebration. Laughter mingled with the flicker of bonfires, casting gold-lit

the first time in weeks, I allowed myself to forget the whispers, the expectations an

nger wolves, letting their joy infect me. Silvercrown w

sharp, moon-pierced eyes. My father, Alpha Aldric, stood beside her, his jaw tight, arms crossed. They wer

ored

ht wa

our elders whispered ancient prayers. I bo

ayed silently. Peace.

swered, coo

wls shatter

orus-close.

the courtyard, the drums

me the

tore through our gathering like shadows given teeth. I saw bodies fall, hear

art s

vie

her's

. My father moved in front of us, his

ome for yo

gasped,

," my mother whisp

d turne

-no

n door behind the main hall. The walls trembled from battle. The

e cupped my cheeks, her eyes filled with sorrow. Then, with trembling fingers, she tra

inal

eave you,"

," my fat

dark woods. Behind me, I heard their fina

ra

ams, blood oozed from my palms where bark had splintered my skin. The world around me blurred, moonlig

he top of the hi

crown

but black bones now. Smoke curled into the sky like mourning

ght. My mother's dark braid.

the air leaving my lu

o

of t

I had e

last Sil

n't alone

ound myself. He'll help me. He always

t was all

nd I ran towa

, familiar. Now they felt cold and distant. The golden light from the upper windo

ss the gravel walk. I nearly collapsed at the steps, but somehow

ed. "Please-it'

tst

tch cl

r creak

idened slightly but only for a second. His gaze swept over me sl

ssion did

o touch me. He d

. they attacked. My parents-they're d

de and shut the

id. "So, why

old me if I ever needed you, you'd be there

told you that," he said, "becau

t him. "Yo

e like a girl clings to her first storybook romance." He leaned agains

twisted. "I

aid flatly. "Until you

creaked b

called. "What's

ir, emerald green eyes and a silk robe b

eve Ra

wel and looked at me like

ly. "You didn't tell

started, but my

er hand possessively on his chest. "You did

pped

was yours,"

f," he replied. "One I stopped

aid, trembling. "Sa

me dead in

re neve

fr

he

rom his pocket, he pulled a small vial. T

fsb

las, p

he vial bet

y nerve. I collapsed to the ground, convulsin

whispered, crouching beside me

orld

th

darkness