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

the balance on her card reflected several million

of an Alpha or Luna, but it was hers. Every

the modest home she once called her own, exhaustion weighed heavily

limbs.

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

restful night she’d had in years.

long battled with

was Alex’s cries that kept her up..nights spent rocking him in her arms until the sun peeked over

was the relentless tension of border patrol.

her nerves frayed, her body permanently wired for

Luna, she didn’t need to work herself to the

only smiled, her pride shining through.

of me as his mom,” she

son went

20%

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back, those words

the world seemed different

back

pulled hock the curtains, warming the room and her heart

the first time in years, the weight pressing down on her chest felt lighter.

tidied up the small house, sweeping away dust and

as she finished,

“Ding, ding”

skipped a beat.

blare of her cell phone alarm startled Nora out

recalling the purpose of that ringtone.. it

rushed back, sharp and

birth had

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

stretched over

times, the doctors had warned of the worst, yet against all odds, Alex

miracle in itself

came with

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

his health.

herself into caring for him, fussing over every detail, and making sure he took supplements regularly to

a playful child, constantly

way Nora could keep track of him was through daily phone calls.. calls that served both as reminders and opportunities to chat, to check

call, especially on days

time, those calls had

sweet, childlike voice refusing to be

friends, and even the smallest details that had made him

over time, things had

replaced by short,

his tone shifted

it then.. the

was going to have a new mom, wasn’t he? Someone soft

wouldn’t need her anymore.

bitter smile tugged at Nora’s

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

to get out

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