he human realm felt like slamming into a wall of static. The air was thin, smelling of exhaust instea

okay?" a gravell

ire in her marrow settled into an a

iling of dark, aged wood. The scent of

Slowly now,

t to her chin. An elderly man sat in

Elara rasped.

the man replied. "I call it a san

ands. "I shouldn't be here. I'm an

shoulder, where her shirt had slipped to re

laughed. "Is that th

. "How do y

, pacing. "That mark isn't a fluke. It's the seal of t

ilver Lycans died out centuries ago. I'm

Your bond with that Alpha was a lesser bond. His blood tried to dominate yours, but your royal

re saying... I couldn't shift b

s," he said firmly. "You didn't fail

oked like a bird with clipped

awakening of a Royal wolf takes a to

she clutched her stomach. "I have t

y celebrating his new Luna to worry about a corpse. Wi

ilas. I spent nineteen years learn

ok made you harder than the fi

emed luminous; her eyes were a deeper shade o

whispered. "Every s

e doubled over, clutching the dresser as her stomach cramped. It w

she cal

urried back.

, sliding to the floor. "My

er midsection. He closed his eyes, th

demanded. "I

ve one. Elara, the night of the ceremony wasn

re together a week before. He s

ins. You aren't just carrying a child. You are carrying an Alpha heir

omach. She felt it-a distinct, rhythmi

nant," sh

ted. "And if Kael finds out, he will want t

it down. She didn't see a victim in

r voice sharp as a blade. "He reject

you goin

se him in the shadows. I'll wait until he's str

Silver Moon Pack resided. We are coming for you, K

. A vision flickered: a boy with silv

a whispered. "He'

is he

ing with a terrifying silver light.

in. She clutched her womb, feeling the

he Alpha energy... he's so strong,

" Silas said, gr

t, familiar howl echoed from the r

ze. "They

red. "But if they catch a w

. The life inside grew sile

red to the child.