Chapter 18: Two Prospective Lunas
(Aria’s POV)
The tension in the air was almost palpable. My wolf stirred uneasily as we stood among the wolves gathered at the Silver Moon Training Grounds. Dominic Blackthorn, tall and imposing, commanded the attention of everyone within the vicinity.
I couldn’t keep my eyes off him.
He was no longer the passionate, teasing man I had known as "Night Dancer," a wolf who had embodied wild freedom and fiery intimacy. Now, he exuded a cold detachment — the very picture of a commanding Alpha King heir.
It made the memories of our time together feel surreal, like something out of a dream that had no place in the suffocating reality surrounding us now. My wolf whimpered softly, torn between yearning and confusion.
For three years, he had been my esca
