Chapter 3

Adelaide’s POV

Beata brought the Frostfang asset list. “You’ve covered six million in Bloodmoon’s operating costs this year alone. The mines, houses, estates? untouched. All of Luna Airella’s bank accounts and property deeds are locked in the vault.”

I stared at the list. Airella had prepared all this to ensure my happiness—how heartbreaking my current situation must be to her memory.

My wolf whined, pain lancing through me.

“Where can we even go, Adelaide?” Beata asked. “Back to Frostfang?”

The memory of Frostfang’s plaza, slick with blood, flashed before my eyes.

My heart clenched. “Anywhere’s better than here.”

“But won’t Ulrik be thrilled if we leave?” Beata fumed.

“Let him,” I said flatly. “Staying here would mean a lifetime of watching them fawn over each other. Beata, Frostfang’s down to me. I need to live well—to honor my parents and brothers. The Moon Goddess will watch over us.”

“Adelaide!” Beata sobbed.

I knew her pain—everyone she loved had died in Frostfang’s massacre.

“Is there no another way at all?”

said, my voice

traced the fading moon-mark on my neck. Moonlight from the bronze sconce cast wolf-shaped shadows on the starstone walls.

blood blooming on my shirt. “I’ll use my family’s merits to

be furious. He has powers beyond shifters. Don’t

King allowed Ulrik and Velda

as a

bloodline—one of the mightiest packs in the shifter

Adelaide, Luna Rosemary requests your presence,” came the voice from

her wolf and rose gracefully. “Let’s go,”

plaza, the rain having ceased. Autumn wind swept toward the nearby

from the previous Lycan

Now it faded.

family held no sway with the current king,

his brother Simon fought for the Lycan

Alpha’s brother remained in the pack, refusing to

dwindling members,

at Luna

obsidian sofa, her claws tapping

present—Simon and his mate Tamara, Ulrik’s sister Sabrina, even

you, elder kin, loyal companions,” I intoned, bowing to expose the healing mark on

“The northern winds have finally returned your

“Have you met Velda

“Met her? She’s as rough as sandstone, though her

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