The rain finally stopped by morning.
Cold mist drifted through Black Hollow territory while pale sunlight struggled through heavy clouds above the mountains. The pack house remained unusually tense after the confrontation in the greenhouse.
Servants whispered nervously in corridors.
Warriors avoided direct eye contact with their Alpha.
And Luna Lyra had locked herself inside her chambers for most of the night.
She sat now beside the bedroom window wrapped in a thick silver robe, staring blankly at the fog-covered forest below.
She barely slept.
Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Kael’s expression in the greenhouse.
That look when Darius said she hesitated.
Because she had.
Moon Goddess.
She truly had.
A quiet knock sounded at the door.
“Come in.”
Mara entered carrying br
