Valkyrie Luna’s entrance shattered the fragile calm in an instant. The weight of her gaze pressed down on me, cold and unforgiving. She stood there, her eyes flicking between me and Ragnor, a tight smile curling her lips, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes. "Alpha," she said softly, but the steel in her voice made the very air around us seem to freeze. "What is this?" I held my breath, fighting the rising unease within me as Luna’s eyes narrowed at the sight of her son and me standing so close. But Ragnor responded with surprising calm. "It's exactly as it seems." Luna Dowager stepped into the room with slow, deliberate steps. Tasya followed like her shadow, and the four of us stood in a silent standoff, the air crackling with tension, as though we were all preparing for an unspok

