Alpha's Redemption: Reclaiming My Destined Luna

years

the moment feel like a dream. Seraphina sat at the edge of Kai's bed, her dark hair falli

audible in the quiet of his Alpha suite. "The ceremony is

iolet eyes that haunted his dreams were bright with unshed tears-not of sadness, but of overwhel

his forehead to hers. "You're my mate, Sera. My Luna. Tomorrow, the

rry five years later. "The whole pack thinks I'm a weak little Omega who can barel

're stronger than any of them know. Stronger than you know.

Moon Goddess didn't make mistakes. If she'd chosen Sera as his mate, it was because she was meant to

s touch like a flower turning toward the sun

"Nothing will ever hurt you again. I promise. I'll protect you from everyth

trusting and absolutely cer

less than twenty-four hours,

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ent d

on his lips and the tast

ain after all these years. He could still smell her scent from that night, vanilla a

night and magic, like po

he done

p in his office chair, still fully dressed from the disastrous anniversary celebration. H

ours until

room door interrupted h

expression. "Alpha. I thought you might want to eat somethin

omach was too twisted with anxiety to feel actu

ts your terms for the meeting. Midnight, Raven's Ridge,

ack silk. Kai unwrapped it carefully, his b

a trapped star. He'd given it to her for her twentieth birthday, two weeks before their planned bonding cere

ed along with everything el

said quietly, handing ove

slightly as he read

break than others. Come alone

hrough five years of exile, through her transformation from broken Omega to powerful Alpha, through

was carefully concern

g his fist around the pe

his desk. "About her return, about what it means. Some of the younger w

ection," Kai finished grimly. "T

es corrected. "The alliance with Victoria's family was crucial for our survi

d the breakfast tray away, his appetite completely gone. "Te

for fifteen years, had watched him grow from an impulsive young Alpha into a leader who pu

ld make at the time. The Shadowmere alliance was too valuable to pass up, and Se

ut

ne's liability. If we'd had her as Luna instead of Victoria, if her power had awakened with

ery different.* The under

know about tonight's

ggested that Victoria's displeasure had been expressed in terms that would

other lecture about duty

. Whatever your personal

t I've never loved her. Not the way she wants, not the way she deserv

he hollow emptiness in Kai's eyes as he spoke vows to a woman who wasn't his mate. Had wa

bility, Alpha. If y

d tonight's meeting," Kai said firm

back to life, had awakened something in him that he'd tried to bury for five years. Hope. Des

young voice called from the hallway. "Elder Thorne requ

the day had barely begun. "Tell

resuming its rhythm. Children played in the gardens while their mothers watched from nearby benches. Warriors sparre

us. Everything an Alpha c

d it feel

his twenty-eight years. The weight of leadership had carved lines around his golden eyes

is own heart out f

, or don't

ver crisis Elder Thorne had discovered. Tonight, he would see Sera again. Tonight,

repair the worst mistake of his

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ent texts lined the towering shelves, their leather bindings worn smooth by countless hands. The

ade him cla

scattered papers. His steel-gray hair was disheveled, as if he'd been running his hands through

e was studying. "Thank you for coming. I've made so

e at the dismissi

nomena we witnessed yesterday. The temperature drop, the shadow manipulation, the unnatural aura of power

d that muc

d, his voice dropping to an ominous whisper, "is

d in archaic symbols and faded illustrations. The images showed figures wr

mply. "A bloodline that was though

s in the illustrations looked disturbingly familiar-tall, elegant, wi

ural world to tolerate. The ability to manipulate the elements, to bend shadows to their will, to commune with forces beyond mort

in battle, their power unleashed in devastating displays that left destruction in their wake

s Elena Nightfall, who died in 1689. She was said to be the most powerful of h

ke a physical blow. "You think S

he power we witnessed, the name she's taken, the violet eyes that are charac

upernatural world, but it was rare, usually triggered by intense trauma or unfinished bus

e lacked conviction. "Sera was born here, i

orth appeared in our territory when she was approximately five years old. A rogue child with no memory of

n part of their pack. But now that Thorne mentioned it, he couldn't recall anyone ever talking about her

change who she is. Sera would never hurt innocent people

tle soul, kind and compassionate. But trauma can awaken dormant bloodlines, can unlock powers that s

ure," Kai rep

ecisive snap. "Which is why tonight's meeting is so dangerous. You'll be facing not just a rival Alpha, but potenti

of Elena Nightfall, then everything he thought he knew about her was a lie. The shy, sweet girl he'd fall

The woman who'd kept his pendant for five years, who'd looked at him with such pain a

had

commend?" he he

immediately. If Seraphina Nightfall truly is who I believe she is, then she represents a threat to every supern

i repeated. "Yo

ient Ones were hunted to extinction for good reason, Alpha. Their very existence d

nds. Outside, life continued its normal rhythm, peaceful and secure. His peo

rant? How could he betray her again, m

to think," he

ty to consolidate her power, to plan whatever revenge

e carrying enough Alpha authority to make the e

ger, but he bowed his head respectfully. "Of course, Alpha.

d the glass. Somewhere in the forest beyond the pack borders, Sera was preparing for tonight's meeting. Was she planning h

re harder to bre

'd tucked it inside his shirt, a reminder of everythi

would have

e loved still existed, or whether she'd been c

ng into what might be th

mself to care about anyt