KATHERINE POV
It hit me like lightning.
Silver threads seemed to snap taut between me and every single pack member in the room. Not gentle threads, not fragile threads — but cords of living silver, glowing hot and thrumming with something ancient.
I could feel them.
All of them.
They filled my chest until it ached — laughter and pride, small aches and old griefs, love both fierce and quiet. Trust was braided into my bones now, each strand pulled snug, each knot permanent. My knees almost buckled under the weight of it.
“Do you all pledge to your Luna?” Kyle’s voice rolled over the room like a bell tolling in some ancient cathedral.
“Yes, Alpha!” came the unified reply.
It wasn’t just loud — it was alive.
The air thrummed, my skin prickled, my souls pressed forward with a growl of
