Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter

44

The pack was tense as the fallout from the ambush rippled through their ranks. Wolves moved quietly, tending to wounds and fortifying defenses, but the air was heavy with unease. Aurora stayed close to Lila, who busied herself organizing supplies in the healer's

quarters.

"You should rest," Lila said, her tone firm but kind.

Aurora shook her head. "I can't. Not with Fenrir still out there. And Cassian-"

"Cassian's alive," Lila interrupted. "And the pack needs you steady, Aurora. You can't protect anyone if you wear yourself down."

argue, but the truth in her mother's

in the central hall. The Elders gathered, their expressions grim as

said, his voice steady despite the tension in the room. "We need to assume they'll strike again—and

Elders, a gray-haired wolf named Maris, frowned. "We've lost too much already. If we

waver. "We don't have a choice. If we let Fenrir

tightly over her chest. The weight of the conversation pressed down

he gasped. "They've breached

defend the pack. Cassian barked orders, his

here," he said firmly as he passed

But she didn't listen.

as they clashed with Cassian's wolves. Aurora and Lila moved through the

Lila said, her voice low but