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y, my boots thudding against the m

n and jolted around the moment I entered,

the swift, almost instinctive movement of her hand, shovi

I had no energy fo

d you to listen." She straightened, still saying nothing. I didn't even look her in the

ara. My mate..." I paused, biting down on t

Maya's face

from the cliffs of Dagger Hill during a lunar hunt." Silence

merged facial expressions are saying otherwise. "Is sh

anted her gone." I uttered sternly, still no reaction from h

o Wolfsburg. The funeral is tomorrow. We'll pay our la

seemed forced. "I am..." She paused,

g, close to the giant bed opposite her

cubs?" She questioned, and I w

with us!" That's the

WOLFSBUR

houghts were miles away, while the cubs dozed against her shoulders. I had questions,

rg Kingdom earlier than expected. Just a

felt off that I couldn't comprehend. Too many desi

ngs and the scent of roasted meat and saw guests arriving in lav

yards. Music played in the distance. Pack memb

uneral. This wa

l. Why are they all rejoicing?" Maya couldn't respond either. Her eyes were f

the servants. "Where's Lord Max?" This is a burial ceremony

lpha Dane. His lordship instructed us to honor the legacy of his daughter with a

second, and I think you c

w, he is a good man who loves Cara too much to bu

a walked beside me in silence, her hand brushing mine once, but there was

hed the ceremonial chambe

ou'd come, Dane."

raped in regal black, though h

his greetings to the cubs and Maya, whose

aya, thank yo

I asked; Alpha Thane

He leaned in, voice low and sharp. "Not every coffin stays cl

udden commotion erupted behind us.

ndercurrent of confusion beneath the celebration. It wasn't gr

t all, under a floral arch, Kyle

Kyle, Alpha Thane's only son. My dead ex-mate, Maya'

; she wanted to approach them,

ing of these two? Today? T

of Moonshine Kingdom and his queen, Lady Maya, are inv

aya stiffen beside me, her

a power move, a distraction, a cov

ok the podium with regal ease. The crowd fell si

"In a time of goodness, let us rejoice with our loved ones in unity." Polite applause fol

es widened in shock, but she ignored me. She took

loss, it's strange to witness such joy, but perhaps there is a problem." She paused to clear her th

o forget: Lady Cara's death wasn't an accident li

hall like a blade. "She didn't just

. The room erupted in shock, noise, murmurs, and outrag

n't know why she's saying that all of a sudden, but one thing is sure: