Shadows of the Pack

's territory, usually alive with the rustling of leaves and th

os below. Flames crackled, illuminating the twisted faces of rogue wolves pouring through the underbru

rs in the dark, her howl cutting through the noise, rallying the pack. She was their Luna

the worl

nease. The Thornridge pack had gathered once more, this time beneath the ancient oaks in the heart of the

him stood Mira Stone, her hands clenched tightly at her sides. The pack's eyes flicked between them, unc

ed by a vicious leader named Kael approaches our bord

tension crackling like electricity

to stand with the pack had com

at followed

had never imagined. At first, she stumbled, her movements clumsy, her confidence fragile. But Evan did not

ra during a break in training. His eyes, hard yet searching, held

ared I'll never be enough. No

. "Then prove them w

enge. And for the first time in

eneath the surfa

e shadows spok

n Mira-or even her sister. Old woun

rheard voices in th

ed. "Her bond with the Alp

other hissed. "If she had died inst

Mira's heart, but the

goat, they would have one.

wrestled with

sed to heal. His feelings for Mira were tangled wi

rs, he whispered into the dark, "Why coul

and Evan knew he had to honor it-e

en Kael's rogues launch

d mixing with rain as claws an

rike pushed her further from the girl she had been-frag

found Mira, breathless

anymore," he said quiet

ted between them-a fragile b

ce was

faced, threatening to u

eturned, bearing truths that c

t only the external dangers but the dem

hornridge, the futur

, loyalty, and strength would

tering cry that froze Evan's blood. He spun

ling wolf twice her size. The enemy's jaw

f desperation. His teeth sank into the attacker's neck, sna

nd fell in shallow breaths, eyes fluttering open,

k... Evan..." she g

er close. She was slipping away-his he

s world had narrowed to the fa

pushed back, but t

assandra's body lay draped in the colors of their clan, s

th would become a sacred d

once fiery spirit grew cold, hardened by loss. The pack respected

e. Evan, now a battle-scarred Alpha, ruled with steady hands.

fragile hope had begun to stir-an ancient prophe

younger sister of the late Luna, she had become a shadow w

ad drawn death to Cassandra. Even her own parents k

cket-the only thing left from C

ir lost Luna, Mira's breath caught.

anted shadow of

f burst into the clearing,

ouncil," the wolf barked. "There is n

k toward the meeting place. Whatever lay ahea

e council hall, steady

," he announced, eyes sweeping the room

nce was

faces twisted in disbelief, others in

his be true? The man who had loved her sister

Mira's, pain and hope sh

aid quietly. "And it means we h