Alpha's Redemption: Reclaiming My Destined Luna

breathing and the unfamiliar comfort

ll beneath her cheek, strong and regular, his heartbeat a steady rhythm that seemed to sync with her own. The mate bond hummed between them like

nd for the first time in longer than

ith sleep, but there was warmth in it that made he

s she remembered from their confrontation in the pack hall. There were lines of exhaustion around his

er's instincts checking him over even

expecting to die, I'll take it." His expression grew serious as he studied her fac

ow natural it felt despite everything that had happened between th

rrected quietly, his arms tightening around h

y. "The Shadow Entity revealed enough during its gloating for me to un

excuse what

their restored bond. He'd carried this pain for five years, the knowledg

use it. But it explains it. And underst

till beneath he

could see his face clearly. "Kai, I spent five years hating you. Five years building my strengt

across his fe

Even when the hate was strongest, even when I fantasized about watching you suffer the way you

fection anyone was willing to throw her way. But the woman I became..." She smiled, and there was steel beneath the warmth. "The woman I became knows her own worth. Knows w

you, every night in that empty marriage, every moment I had to pretend that losing you wasn't slowly killing me..." He cuppe

ugh. "We both did. Apparently, we're terrible at self

econd chance he didn't think he deserved. "So where does that leave us? I'm still lega

ve finds a way, and I'm starting to think he's right." She paused, then a

l, his eyes widening wit

ion. "Apparently, the life force sharing we did had some unexpected

nd moving instinctively to rest on her still-flat

a finished. "Which is exactly what happened when we saved each other. The cosmic forc

protectiveness so quickly it might have been comical under ot

r within her. "A child born from Ancient power and Alpha strength, conceived in a moment of wi

he

bloodline..." Sera's expression grew serious. "Kai, this child is going to be powerful beyond anything the supernatura

She's going to need both of us. Not just f

will want to worship her, others will want to destroy her before she can become

ers, as parents." He lifted her hand to his lips, pressing a gentl

a hint of her old mischief. "Because I'm not the same girl who let yo

justing to the idea of a partnership where neit

hatever impossible stunts Ancient One children get up to." Sera settled back against his chest, feeling mor

outcasts, survived spiritual destruction, and defeated a cosmic-le

s voice carried through the wood, carefully formal despite the circumstances. "

ling away from Kai's warmth.

g to know why Shadow Moon Pack wolves are on Silver Crest terr

through his disheveled hair.

, medically speaking, was exactly what you both needed. Politically speaking, it'

"And figure out how to explain to the supernatural community that their new co-rulers c

ounds almost reasonable," Kai sa

tical gear, already shifting back into Alpha mode despite the exhau

torm awaited them, Kai caught her hand, pulling h

e still have a lot to work through. Five years of separation, broken

r lips against his. "But we have time now. Time to heal, time to build somet

er the way we should h

giveness, but hope for a future neither of them had dared dream p

I'm ready f

es awaited them beyond. Co-Alphas, co-mates, co-parents of a ch

hosen Alpha, finally united as

xt, they would f

have been from t

e the pain Sera could smell rolling off him in waves. She squeezed his shoulder as they walked pa

s. Others were meant to be the foundati

laim her destiny. Now that destiny included a future with the m

gh. It was

lly, truly, jus