Elena
*****Silverfang Territory — Border Gate, Dawn*****
The sun was barely rising when Silverfang’s towering iron gates came into view, and the sight alone made my stomach twist. Five years. Five long, brutal, transforming years since I last stood here, hurt, humiliated, rejected in front of the very wolves now waiting behind those gates.
But I wasn’t the same Luna who left.
I wasn’t even a Luna anymore.
I came back as a Queen.
Lucian walked on my right, silent but alert, his presence a warning no one dared to ignore. Chase walked on my left, shoulders tense, jaw tight, determined to keep pace with me no matter how close or far I walked.
Both powerful.
Both protective.
Both watching me in their own way.
But I didn’t walk between them for comfort. I walked between them because th
