Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 32

Nathan bowed his head, though doubt lingered in his eyes.

Arianna, still confined to the holding room beneath Cassian's main hall, paced the small space like a caged predator. Her lips twisted into a sneer as she thought of Aurora, safe and protected while she was left to rot.

She glanced toward the door, where the young wolf she had bribed earlier stood guard. His nervous shifting told her he was still susceptible to manipulation.

"Hey," she called out, her tone sweet and coaxing.

The guard turned, his expression wary. "What do you want?"

Arianna leaned against the wall, her eyes glinting with feigned vulnerability. "I just want to talk. It's so lonely down here, and I'm starting to wonder if anyone even cares about what happens to me."

The guard hesitated, his grip on his weapon tightening. "You're here because you tried to hurt someone."

but I was only trying to protect Fenrir's

softening. "That sting of being overlooked, underappreciated. It's not fair, is

guard's jaw tightened, but he didn't

herself, knowing she had planted the

his mind heavy with thoughts of Fenrir's impending arrival.

from the patrols," Nathan said, handing him

confirmed Fenrir's presence near the northern border, along with a group of his strongest trackers. They were moving

strike,"

nodded. "What's

the borders. If Fenrir

again. "And Arianna? She's already tried to

until this is over. If she