Chapter 1

Adelaide’s POV

The council hall of the Bloodmoon Pack hummed with cedar and damp.

I shrugged off my sweat-drenched silver fox cloak, my fingers absently tracing the Moon Goddess pendant at my throat.

The bronze throne beside me yawned empty—Alpha Ulrik’s seat.

Boots echoed on stone steps before the door burst open, snowmelt and pine scent flooding in.

I knocked over the mead jug, rising to greet him, amber liquid pooling over the sheepskin map.

“You’re finally back,” I managed, my voice catching.

A year ago, we’d pledged ourselves as mates before the pack. Then the Lycan King summoned him north.

He never even marked me.

Now, as I looked at him, my mind was a tangled web.

My wolf let out a faint, rebellious snarl, catching a tangle of scents on Ulrik’s trail that made its hackles rise.

Now Ulrik stood armored and alive, his jaw set in that familiar stubborn line.

Velda will join the

my ribs, scenting the musk of

a warrior through and through. Will she

cedar scent, laced with his Alpha aura, swept over me

his sword scabbard scraping

sharp edge of anger. “She’ll be my second Luna,

in my fist. The

I ground the shattered gem beneath my heel. The rain pounding outside the Packhouse suddenly roared in my ears. “Last year, on

were pheromones talking!” he roared,

collar. “Look at your neck. Even the temporary

north. I admired her. I used my campaign merits to petition the Lycan King for her place here. As my mate. Truth is, I didn’t need

flushed face reflected in the blade, memories flooding back of the

nights hauling basalt in the heat—Ulrik’s messengers always claimed

out, the cornflower seeds in the

What about the promises you made before you left for the northern tribes? You said if I fulfilled my

Ulrik’s expression turned awkward.

When we pledged to be mates, I hadn’t met Velda yet. You were always suited to be a Luna…

watched him, noting the tenderness in his eyes whenever he spoke

to me. “She’s unlike any she-wolf I’ve ever met. I love

but I pushed through the lump

elder Alpha and

father, as former Alpha, understands its weight. Besides,

actually agreed?

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