The Alpha's Worthless Luna

honor of the Crescent Moon Pack, and my presence was nothing more than a blight they could hardly stand. Like a shadow, the persistent whispers of "cursed" and "worthless" tormented me everywhere,

t needed me, I

place. But something seemed strange as I moved across the main hall of the pack. Tension permeated the air, the kind that caused the hair on the rear of my nec

ckthorn

friends; the wolf who had vanished into the wilds only to resurface more dangerous than ever. Now he was here, returning to recover his birthright, and he had no regard for who he had

the space like a stormcloud. Kael looked exactly like the merciless Alpha from the legends-tall, muscular, and radiating power and menace. His dark hair was wild, his eyes keen and relentle

ssed waiting for me to respond. He didn't need to. The pack as a whole understood who I was-the cu

dy, I managed to ask. Though I will not let i

kering between irritation and something d

ave or ruin the Alpha had been told to me. Those were only stories, ancient wives' tales fashioned to make se

wered, "You've got the wrong person

distance between us. "There is no decision involved here. Whethe

w, not here. Aiden's eyes sprung open, dim with fever but full

ked back to Kael, not sure

evealing only cold calculating. He will be tak

dn't just leave Aiden, the one guy who has kept me going over many years. My stomach turned over,

mplex of the pack; his presence alone divided the assembly. Their looks let me know a mix of dread, curios

weaponry, maps, and trophies from earlier conquests-filled the large area. Designed to remind everyone of Kael's might, it was

es never straying from mine. "goo

you," I said, even

nd his voice dropped to a whisper. "I have no interest in the prophecy. But I will exploi

satisfying some old myth. I was a pawn in his game; he was a guy motivated by revenge. Though his presence unsettled me, there was anot

ved the twist I ne

iberate: "I know what Lucian did to your fam

e Blood Moon Pack Lucian Thorn? The same guy who had been Kael's adversary since their days as allies, who had taken everything from him and now aime

save him," he replied, his voice now softer and

t had been building for years, one that would shatter all I understood about loyalty, authority,

ssistance to you. But know this: Kael Blackthorn is not only some cursed Om

ith something quite like r

r, confronting shadows inside ourselves as well as adversaries on all sides. It w

aze on the Alpha carrying my fate in