Alpha's Redemption: Reclaiming My Destined Luna

k house had never fe

rantically at his chest. Something was wrong. Desperately, catastrophically wrong. The mate bond he'd severed five years ago was screaming

it with the same certaint

n the doorway of his office, perfectly composed as always, but there was something dif

hought I made it clear I d

he'd never denied that. Ice-blonde hair that caught the lamplight, pale skin like porcelain, a figure that drew admiring gla

g into the chair across from his desk without invitation. "About t

diplomatic negotia

e Kai. Do you really believe that creature wants to negotiate? Sh

made something violent stir in Kai's chest. His hands cle

she's not a creature-she's a

ment. "For the abomination that's been terrorizing the supernatural community? For th

is Alpha authority, making Victoria flinch despit

e was something in that smile that sent ice racing dow

hing, after five years of marriage to me, you still l

red some diplomatic response that would preserve what little remained of their political alliance. In

. I

ul mask slipped, revealing something cold and alien

Though I suppose it doesn't matter n

like a physical

ry of her heritage happened by chance?" Victoria rose from her chair, moving with fluid grace that seemed subtly wrong, a

asking for a private meeting. Thorne's insistence that Sera was dangerous, that she needed to

out as a growl, his wolf surging to

finitely weren't human. "The Ancient One's power must be claimed before she learns

nd the desk in a blur of motion. But Victoria was already stepping backward, her

very instinct screaming at him to tear apart the thing

her voice was multiplying, becoming a chorus of whispers

ness but with something deeper-an absence of light that hurt to look at directly. Kai spun

oming increasingly translucent as the shadows around her thickened. "Seraphina at the nexus point where

te bond-weak as it was after five years of separation-suddenly blazed to life with agonizing intensit

y distorted, echoing with harmonics that belonged to something far older and more terrible than any werew

gony, he could feel Sera's terror, her desperate fight against overwhelming odds. She w

te the spiritual agony tearing through his system. "

g the bond between you, making it easier to redirect her power when the moment comes. Every mome

something else-an answering anger that felt distinctly feminine, distinctly Sera. Even through the su

figh

ing to brea

ht despite the continuing assault on his soul. "You a

ining strength down the link between them. Not trying to pull power from Sera, but offering his own. Givin

g she could hear him across the supernatural i

elming force of Sera's love and terror and desperate gratitude. She was fighting something horrible, something

h too many teeth and eyes that burned with ancient malevolence. "The bond should be s

opening his eyes to meet the thing's burning gaze. "It was neve

the core of who he was, who they were together. The memory of a shy girl with violet eyes who'd looked at him lik

something simpler and infinitely more powerful. The love of two people who'd been torn apart but never truly sep

frustration was the most beaut

ould see cracks forming in the spell that held him captive. If he co

er entity was using Victoria as a puppet had been planning this for far too long to be stopped

nhuman, a chorus of whispers from the void between worlds. "The Ancient One will fall tonig

interference. But he'd accomplished something important-he'd let Sera know she wasn't alone. Whatever hell sh

ever stoppe

ty or fear or political necessity

closed around him again. *I'm coming for you. Whatev

rce, carrying all of Sera's stubborn determin

he woman he loved fought for her life miles away, Kai finall

ere stronger

as worth an

nly be forgiven by provin

he was going to prove himse

-

ouds. The golden warmth of his power wrapped around her Ancient abilities, not trying to control or

ut through the supernatural chaos around her. *Even tr

eeded to tip the balance

instead of threatening to overwhelm her, they brought knowledge

miscalculation. It had assumed that separating them would wea

as w

ake them vulnerable-it

she was going

around her like loyal servants as she prepared to show the ancie

pa

ma

One was done bein