len

I stared down at the sun-dappled garden. Elara was still kneeling b

" the aging Omega had dismissed. Consumed by Pack politics and the agonizing pain of my

forehead and smiled. It wasn't the polite, calculated mask she wore in the Great Hall. It was

ing at my chest, demanding I claim

mured from the doorway, breaking the he

wn failures as a father. Heat rushed to my face, a dangerous m

. "Is the report on the northern border Rogue activity complete,

. "At once, Alpha," he said, bowing his

ong. I summoned Hattie. I needed to know exactly

ing her hands, her scent sour with

," I co

t. "She dismissed the rest of us. She didn't force him to eat. She... she warmed he

She fed him a warm meat broth brewed with specific herbs. He

sed," I

letely bypassed my authority, healed my son, and won his absolute loyalty in a single afternoon. The Luna's Sui

uldn't let my guard down. Tomorrow, I would watch her every move. I would strip away the mys