Chapter 3

The maid couldn’t suppress the frown tugging at her lips as she overheard the careless exchange between

father and son.

The **Silver moon Pack’s territory stretched vast and wild, but with such size came peril. Its borders, rugged and unforgiving, were a haven for rogues.. feral wolves lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Patrolling these borders wasn’t a task taken lightly.

It was grueling, treacherous work that most wolves avolded at all costs.

Yet, for nearly half a year, Luna had volunteered to shoulder the burden.

She braved those dangers without hesitation, enduring hardships few could imagine.

What’s more, Arnold and Nora hadn’t seen each other in months.

The maid, ever loyal, spoke cautiously. “Alpha, you should contact her. Luna looked so sad when she left…”

Arnold merely scoffed, his lips curling into a dismissive smile.

“Her wolf is too weak to take care of itself for a few days.”

Without another word, he turned and strode back to his den.

**Angry?**

The idea seemed laughable.

Nora. .the meek, soft–hearted woman who wouldn’t even raise her voice–angry?

Absurd.

Later, in the dim glow of his study, Arnold ran his fingers along the sealed envelope she’d left behind.

He was just about to tear it open when his phone buzzed.

Linda.

Without hesitation, he tossed the envelope onto the desk and answered the call.

After I left. Alpha father and son went cr

Chapter 3

The conversation stretched longer than he’d intended, and as the minutes ticked by, the forgotten letter

remained untouched.

A cool breeze slipped through the open window, stirring the paper until it fluttered silently to the floor, landing out of sight beneath the heavy wooden desk.

Arnold didn’t come home that night.

Far away, in the backseat of a car, Nora counted her belongings.

She’d amassed a small fortune over the years.. not through luxury or privilege, but through hard, backbreaking work.

Devoting herself to the harshest and most exhausting tasks in the pack had left her with little time, or desire, to spend money.

Arnold and Alex..and

balance on her card reflected several

an Alpha or Luna, but it was hers. Every penny hard–earned.

modest home she

limbs.

travel and sleepless nights took their toll, and the moment she collapsed onto the bed, she drifted. into a deep, dreamless sleep.

night she’d had in years.

had long battled with insomnia.

days, it was Alex’s cries that kept her up..nights spent rocking him in her arms until

was the relentless tension of border

attacks had left her

reminding her that as Luna,

smiled, her pride shining

Alex to be proud of me as his mom,” she

son went

20%

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words fell

she woke, the world seemed

back

spilled in as she pulled hock the curtains, warming the room and her

first time in years, the weight pressing down on her

house, sweeping away

she finished, her

“Ding, ding”

heart skipped a

alarm startled

of that ringtone.. it was her reminder to call Alex.

rushed back, sharp and

day of Alex’s birth had been harrowing.

had hemorrhaged on the delivery table, her body trembling with exhaustion and

over twenty–four grueling hours.

of the worst, yet against

miracle in itself

came with

first held him, frail but alive, Nora had been gripped by an overwhelming

his health.

over every detail, and

a playful child, constantly distracted by toys

keep track of him was through daily phone calls.. calls that served both as reminders and opportunities to chat, to check on his life, and to soothe her maternal worries.

call, especially on days when exhaustion Trom work threatened to overtake her.

a time, those calls had been

endlessly, his sweet, childlike voice refusing to

his day, his friends, and even the smallest details that

time, things had

replaced by short,

his tone

then.. the growing distance.

soft and sweet, who wouldn’t nag

wouldn’t need

bitter smile tugged at

second thought, she deleted the alarm, silenced her phone, and

time to get out and clear her

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