The Alpha's Secret Flame

n him twisted. She wasn't the same girl he had known. Her skin glowed like warm moonlight, her eyes shimmered silver, and the air around her felt... heavier, almost sacred. She didn't look at anyone

aphina's gaze slid to him slowly, and when she spoke, it wasn't loud, but it pierced him. "I remembered who I was." The way she said it-it wasn't just about the forest. It was about everything. Her past. Her pain. Her bloodline. And suddenly Kael realized something terrifying: she had never needed him to survive. She had just needed time to awaken. That night, as the village locked doors and prayed to the moon, Kael stood outside her old hut, staring at the place she used to sleep when she was small, alone, and forgotten. He remembered the way she used to follow him around as ki