Aria's POV
News of the resolution with Alpha Kane reached Mooncrest before Damien and Riven did, and by the time their horses crossed the gates, the entire pack had gathered to welcome them properly.
I didn't wait for formalities. I crossed the courtyard at a near-run, and Damien dismounted just in time to catch me.
"It's done?" I asked, breathless.
"It's done," he confirmed, relief evident in every line of him. "Ten years of restitution. No further threat of war."
Riven dismounted more slowly, watching the gathered pack with the same careful uncertainty he'd worn since arriving — though something in his posture had eased, the weight of an unresolved debt no longer pressing quite so heavily on his shoulders.
Sophia reached him first, embracing him without hesitation, and I watched so
