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."

but the truth in her mother's words silenced

a meeting in the central hall. The Elders gathered,

steady despite the tension in the room. "We need to assume they'll strike

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

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

of the room, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. The weight of the conversation pressed down on her, but before

he gasped. "They've breached the southern

into motion, wolves shifting and rushing to defend the pack. Cassian barked orders, his voice cutting through the

stay here," he said

But she didn't listen.

Cassian's wolves. Aurora and Lila moved through the shadows, trying to reach

close," Lila said, her voice low