Riven'

d. The mate bond had wrapped itself around me with suffocating certainty. There was no mistaking it. It was an intense hunger, a white-hot thread between me and Sera. I could still fe

in any Luna before. She wasn't just some prize to be claimed. She refused to be. She was a challenge, like a wildfire waiting to be tamed, or maybe a force to be wielded. Her scent - earth

r any sign, any spark. I had travelled through cities, packs. And then I sensed her presence across that cold boundary, a pulse of raw energy unlike any I'd encountered. Nothing I h

ker thing - an ache born of loneliness and desperation, of scars that refused to heal. And I knew I needed her -

remained. She would be forged by fire and pain, by love, training, and discipline. She would stand beside me, not as a prisoner, but as a queen. My quee

ent I first sensed her - across the barren border w

dow had stolen much from me: family, peace, trust. That loss had hardened me, taught me that survival demanded ruthlessness. That w

.

- the worn tents patched with leather, duct tape and scrap metal, the flicker of firelight against tired faces, the quiet hum of stolen

grim expression. "Supplies from the nor

ing. "We'll need every adva

nd calculated loyalty. I ruled through fear and trust, knowing that weakness meant death for us all. There was no room for

with armor plates roared like ghosts through the night. Encrypted phones passed between trusted hands, their faint beeps the pulse and hear

olves, born from twisted experiments and driven by a hunger to dominate all packs. They hunted us, razed villages, shattered alliances. Their strength was

ader, a monstrous Alpha called Kael, wielded powers I had never seen before - a venom that twisted minds, tur

he weight of lives. Taking Sera had been a gamble - but one I could

napping against the cage it built around her. I watched her through the reports of my guards and the subtle w

d force her to accept me, to yield. It was only a matter of time before the fire in her

than strength or leadership. It was about survival in a world drowning in chaos. With her, I could forge a n

desire was primal - a possessiveness born of the bond, yes, but deeper than that. A raw hunger. I wanted her to burn for

even the pain. I was ready to cross any line to secure her loyalty. No matter wha

, holding a crumpled, blood-stained note. "New intelligence, Alpha. Kael's force

n my chest. The enemy was clo

ify their training. we need

is head slig

irelight casting shadows on her form. The bond tugged at

whispered to the darke

pirit. Bending her fire. Together, we would burn down the darkness. She would

ood. And darkne