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.

limited to gifts.. thoughtful tokens for Arnold and Alex..and as a result, her savings. had

her card reflected several million dollars.

or Luna, but it was

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

limbs.

and the moment she collapsed onto the bed, she drifted. into a deep, dreamless sleep.

was the first restful night she’d

battled with insomnia.

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

relentless tension of border patrol.

of ambushes and attacks had left her nerves frayed,

that as Luna, she didn’t need

had only smiled, her pride shining

to be proud of me

son went

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words

woke, the world seemed different

back

as she pulled hock the

weight pressing down on her chest felt

the small house, sweeping away dust and

she finished, her phone

“Ding, ding”

heart skipped a beat.

blare of her cell phone alarm startled Nora out of her thoughts.

the purpose of that ringtone.. it was

sharp

Alex’s birth

the delivery table, her body

over twenty–four grueling

doctors had warned of the worst, yet against

miracle in itself

came with

first held him, frail but alive, Nora had been

his health.

into caring for him, fussing over every detail, and making sure he

Alex had been a playful child, constantly distracted by toys and games.

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

she wouldn’t forget to call, especially on

upon a time, those calls had been

childlike voice

friends, and even the smallest details that had

over time, things had changed.

faded, replaced by short, distracted

tone shifted from warmth to impatience.

then.. the growing

have a new mom, wasn’t he? Someone soft and sweet, who wouldn’t nag him about vitamins or patrol

wouldn’t need her anymore.

tugged at

alarm, silenced her phone, and

time to get out and

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