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eace, it never did. The only sounds were the crackling flames

h me. My warriors stood victorious, but there was

another

bastards who wanted to

ls. My claws itched to tear into something–anythin

wa

ey started. Just long enough to keep us on edge

m

e from completely losing myself to the rage. I

ere. Somewhere

e meaningless battles was another

olf, Rex, to calm. But the rage was always there, simmer

lp

losest friend. His usual cocky smirk was missing, replaced with e

south," he rep

rse, t

fight the frustration crawling under my

on continued. "They aren't trying to take t

m to tell me tha

new ab

e, the curse would be broken, and I woul

d her first, before I

s. His dark gray eyes flickered with concern as he stepped closer. "Alpha, you

I said, vo

You barely eat. And this," he gestured to the battlefie

wasn't wrong, but I re

ddening, unbearable ache. My Luna was ou

as t

ld and strode toward my tent. "G

owned. "

." I replied

widened.

ps quickening. "You're real

walking. "I ha

was clear. "You

es

At least take me with yo

ith barely restrained frustration. "I can't go out there as an Alpha. I need to blend in. This isn't just

sighed, reluctantly nod

~

sins had been chained to m

s the reason fo

erself. A bond that was supposed to be sacred, unbreakable. B

dess had pu

m. His enti

ould ever find their mate. Th

that emptiness

ning for the first time. I had waited. Searched. Endured the emptiness. And now, the Goddess had final

n Gua

ht her out. The moment the messenger delivered the prophecy, I knew. My Luna was in dange

came without

ned of her, my en

her first, I woul

dn't a

ter th

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world was

, but it already felt like a life

perfumes. The noise was co

ll of it, I c

was

os

ns, I could smell wolves. As a powerful alpha, my sense of smell is ten times sharper than that of normal

ans. So easy

me, but it was necessary. If my mate was among these students, I needed a way to observe her. I look down at my fake

ly, searching

th

urned in my chest, but I f

was

ad to be

wung open. And

unrelenting. My lungs seized. My vision tunneled. My

was

was

arply, brea

t.

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bo

in the

ed with mischief. He walked in with the kind

m

o

wasn't

e for this bond. I had dre

t the Moon Godde

bo

room. His eyes met mine, unreadable, unaffected. No

wasn't r

mate wasn

ay my mate c

e this before. A pull so stron

d to be a

y mate wa

nt only o

e wasn