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Chapter 1 Ashes and Arrival

Word Count: 834    |    Released on: 17/06/2025

lost her family, the s

cent Hollow, her small hometown nestled de

ed in the fabric of her worn sweater, comforted by the scen

gasp, heart already thudding in panic. The sound of sna

her mother

and run!" She did

ecting her younger brother-but the r

lur into one horrific moment. Her fath

hen si

t her feet, the branches scratching her skin, the sob caugh

as she sprinted barefoot through the trees, the

ack. She never got to say goodbye. She collapsed in the snow far f

rd it. A soft voice,

ive

the edge of the city known as Crescent City, with her entire life pac

ng cars, glowing neon signs that didn't flicker w

e felt unsafe. With no known relatives and no records of her birth parents, the un

now. At least until she could figure out who sh

n a darkened storefront window as

, the ends fraying from weeks without care. Her skin-pale with an undertone of honey-looked e

t hadn't smiled in a long time. She was slim, but with the gentle curves of some

ers-clothing that made her look invisible. That was the goal. Invisibility was safety. The shu

ed her legs up and wrapped her arm

t the pull of their wolf by sixteen, seventeen at the latest. But she had just turned twe

ilence that made

were warm, though hazy. But her blood-her real blood-remained a my

ivy and arched windows. It looked more like an ancient boarding school than

the pine trees beyond the campus wall, the subtle hum of energy beneath the ston

her dorm room. It was small-bare walls, one desk, one bed, a window overlooking the inne

t herself cry. Not l

ds. Her hand pressed over her heart. It still beat. Th

still clung like

trange, glowing cit

ould not

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1 Chapter 1 Ashes and Arrival2 Chapter 2 The Man With Glacier Eyes3 Chapter 3 Whispers Over Coffee4 Chapter 4 The Storm Beneath Still Waters5 Chapter 5 The Dreaming Begins6 Chapter 6 Behind the Glass Towers7 Chapter 7 Glacier Eyes8 Chapter 8 The Story Beneath the Skin9 Chapter 9 Aftershocks10 Chapter 10 Give In11 Chapter 11 Afterburn12 Chapter 12 Silence and Shifts13 Chapter 13 The Alpha in the Tower14 Chapter 14 Polished Glass and Hidden Fangs15 Chapter 15 A Touch Too Close16 Chapter 16 Alpha Damien17 Chapter 17 Don't Leave Me Again18 Chapter 18 The First Step into His World19 Chapter 19 The Man on the Top Floor20 Chapter 20 Candlelight & Confession21 Chapter 21 A Night of Passion22 Chapter 22 Silver Mornings & Glass Towers23 Chapter 23 A Night to Forget24 Chapter 24 Near Collision25 Chapter 25 Secrets Between the Shelves26 Chapter 26 A Place Just for Them27 Chapter 27 A Scent That Hunts28 Chapter 28 The Ghost of What Was Lost29 Chapter 29 Between the Lines30 Chapter 30 The Scent of Her31 Chapter 31 A Taste of Something Deeper32 Chapter 32 Not What He Expected33 Chapter 33 The Elevator and the Dream34 Chapter 34 The Rift35 Chapter 35 Aurora Dreams of the Past36 Chapter 36 A Quiet Weekend, A Lingering Moment37 Chapter 37 Pull and Denial38 Chapter 38 The Room Paused39 Chapter 39 The Gathering Storm40 Chapter 40 Her Name Was Aurora41 Chapter 41 The Pull Inside Her42 Chapter 42 The Beginning of the Hunt43 Chapter 43 A Glance Across the Glass44 Chapter 44 Her Name, Her Blood45 Chapter 45 The Stirring46 Chapter 46 Beneath the Ashes47 Chapter 47 Fractures in the Mirror48 Chapter 48 Where It All Began49 Chapter 49 The Kiss That Shouldn't Have Happened50 Chapter 50 Take Me Away51 Chapter 51 The Kiss I Couldn't Explain52 Chapter 52 Ashes Beneath My Feet53 Chapter 53 Her Truth, His Storm54 Chapter 54 The Pull That Wouldn't Let Go55 Chapter 55 Pieces and Threads56 Chapter 56 Ivy57 Chapter 57 Bloodlines and Tension58 Chapter 58 Ghosts of Home59 Chapter 59 The Kade Legacy60 Chapter 60 Haunted Touches61 Chapter 61 The Weight of Legacy62 Chapter 62 Unspoken Terms63 Chapter 63 Whispers and Wanderings64 Chapter 64 Shadows in the Blood65 Chapter 65 The Breaking Point66 Chapter 66 The Shadow Crown67 Chapter 67 Playing the Part68 Chapter 68 A Quiet Storm69 Chapter 69 What's Left Behind70 Chapter 70 Return & Restraint71 Chapter 71 Painful Goodbye72 Chapter 72 Departures73 Chapter 73 Golden Threads74 Chapter 74 Tangled Blossoms75 Chapter 75 The Edge of Silence76 Chapter 76 Tension and Tequila77 Chapter 77 Shadows That Stay78 Chapter 78 Blood and Brotherhood79 Chapter 79 A Light in the Blood80 Chapter 80 So He Thought81 Chapter 81 After the Storm82 Chapter 82 Almost There83 Chapter 83 Ash and Smoke84 Chapter 84 A Day for the Light85 Chapter 85 Before the Waves86 Chapter 86 Dreamtide87 Chapter 87 A Twist of Fate88 Chapter 88 Crossroads89 Chapter 89 Echoes and Instincts90 Chapter 90 Fate and Choice91 Chapter 91 Shattered Returns92 Chapter 92 The Pull of Her Pain93 Chapter 93 Threads94 Chapter 94 Tangled Threads95 Chapter 95 Breathing Distance96 Chapter 96 Fractures97 Chapter 97 The Drive98 Chapter 98 Cracks in the Bond99 Chapter 99 Unraveling Threads100 Chapter 100 Coming Home to Grief