: The Wedd

the stone path leading to the Great Altar, casting a flickering orange glow over th

very bit the Alpha he had always dreamed of being. Beside him, Selene was dr

nced, his voice booming through the valley, "do you, Kaele

g through the music like a blade. "Because he al

ums went silent. Five hundred heads

ng a cloak. She was wearing a gown of shimmering silver mail that looked like it was wov

nd steel. He didn't say a word; he just rested his hand

a step back, nearly tripping over Selene's long train. "You... you'

g. She walked down the center aisle, the crowd parting for her as if she were a

to the altar. It was the black whistle Kaelen had

ontorting with rage. "Kill them! This

rriors lunged forward,

reach for a weapon. She simply rai

like a physical wall. They didn't just fall; they were hurled back

The whispers sta

.. look at her eye

the man who had broken her heart and left her to die in the

looking at her step-sister. "It's a shame

ing a small silver dagger from her bodice.

's blade hit an invisible shield of silver light an inch fro

made Selene scream in pain. "I'm not wolf-less, sister," Elara

apsed to her knees, sobbing a

"I was confused. The Council... they forced me! I still

y looked at their "future

back of the square. "He's pathetic, Elara. Are

She felt nothing. No love. No

said. "I already have something better. I

ho was staring at her in awe. "T

hispered. "Alpha Vance has t

m the shadows behind the

e man who had let Elara be beaten for years. In his hand, he

was thin, her clothes were rags, and he

cried out, her h

d in pain. "One more step, and I'll snap her neck. You think because you found a

his body beginning to shift,

d archers in the trees with silver-tipped arrows. Yo

he saw the way she trembled. The rage inside Elara reached a

ice weak but clear. "Don't... don't lis

ised his hand

lara sc

heat was so intense that the stone altar cracked. The whi

just shift.

d from the flames. She was twice the size of Kael

Queen had f

y had never seen anything like this. Th

, Elara lunged. She didn't go for the gu

hrough his shoulder, pinning him to the ground. She didn't kill him-not

joined her, his teeth bared at the crowd. "

pped their weapons. One by o

e shouted. "All hai

ing over the bleeding Alpha Vance. She reache

r mother and gently r

leared for a split second. "My little star," she whispered, touchi

finally streaming down her face

tains. A low, rhythmic whistling was getting louder. T

ating. They were bringing

"We won the pack. But the war just starte

feet. She looked at the mountain, then at

with the power of a thousand moons. "I've spent