Chapter 4The Silver Wolf’s Awakening
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The forest fell silent.
Not the peaceful kind of silence.
The kind that came before a storm.
The rogue wolf that had been charging toward me stopped in the middle of its attack.
Its red eyes stared at the silver flames surrounding my body.
Fear appeared in its expression.
A rogue wolf.
A creature that had lost its mind.
Was afraid.
I didn’t understand why.
Until I felt it.
The power inside me.
It wasn’t violent.
It wasn’t wild.
It was ancient.
Like something that had been sleeping for hundreds of years and had finally opened its eyes.
The silver flames moved around my body like they recognized me.
Like they had been waiting for me.
A strange warmth spread through my chest.
Then…
A symbol appeared on my wrist.
A silver crescent moon.
The same symbol I had seen in countless ancient records from the novel.
The mark of the first Luna.
Impossible.
That bloodline had disappeared.
Everyone knew that.
Even the royal family had spent centuries searching for traces of it.
And now…
It was appearing on me.
An Omega who had failed her awakening ceremony only hours ago.
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Adrian was the first person to move.
He stepped between me and the rogue wolf.
Even now.
Even after seeing something impossible.
His first reaction was still to protect me.
“Stay behind me.”
His voice was lower than before.
Not commanding.
Protective.
I looked at his back.
The future Alpha King.
The man everyone feared.
The man who claimed he needed nobody.
Yet he was standing in front of an Omega without hesitation.
“You can barely stand.”
My words made him freeze.
“I can handle this.”
“You can’t.”
His shoulders tightened.
I wasn’t trying to insult him.
I was telling the truth.
The curse had already spread too far.
Every second he continued fighting, his wolf became more unstable.
But Adrian Blackthorn was not someone who liked being saved.
Especially not by someone he considered weaker.
“You don’t know my limits.”
I looked at him.
“No.”
I raised my hand.
“But I know your weakness.”
The moment I said that, his expression changed.
Because he knew.
I wasn’t talking about his fighting ability.
I was talking about the curse.
The thing he hid from everyone.
Including his own pack.
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The rogue wolf attacked again.
This time, Adrian moved slower.
Only slightly.
But enough.
The curse was affecting him.
His claws struck the rogue’s shoulder, sending it flying backward.
But another rogue appeared from the side.
Too fast.
Too close.
Adrian turned.
He couldn’t reach it in time.
Neither could I.
So I did the only thing I could.
I called the moon.
The silver flames exploded outward.
The entire forest shook.
The rogue wolf was thrown back as if an invisible force had struck it.
The ground beneath my feet cracked.
For a moment, nobody moved.
Even Adrian stared at me.
Not with suspicion.
Not with disbelief.
With shock.
“You…”
His voice was almost a whisper.
“What are you?”
I looked down at my glowing hand.
That was the question I had been asking myself since I woke up in this world.
Who was Evelyn Blackwood?
A failed Omega?
A forgotten daughter?
A side character?
No.
I finally understood.
The story was wrong.
Or maybe…
The story never knew the truth.
“I don’t know.”
And for once, it was not a lie.
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The remaining rogues retreated.
They didn’t run because they were defeated.
They ran because they sensed something they couldn’t fight.
The power of the Moon Goddess.
The forest slowly returned to normal.
The silver flames disappeared.
But the mark on my wrist remained.
Adrian stared at it.
“You should hide that.”
I looked at him.
“Why?”
“Because if others see it…”
He stopped.
I understood.
Because if the kingdom discovered my bloodline…
Everyone would come for me.
The royal family.
The powerful packs.
The people who had ignored me yesterday would suddenly remember my existence.
Power changed everything.
People didn’t love strength.
They loved what strength could give them.
“Interesting.”
I looked at Adrian.
“You are the first person who tells me to hide my power.”
His eyebrows moved slightly.
“Shouldn’t I?”
“No.”
I smiled.
“Most people would tell me to show everyone.”
“Most people are stupid.”
I almost laughed.
The legendary Alpha King.
Cold.
Dangerous.
Terrifying.
And his honest opinion was:
Most people are stupid.
For some reason…
That made him seem less frightening.
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When we returned to the pack territory, the others were waiting.
The moment they saw Adrian walking beside me, everyone became alert.
A tall man with dark hair stepped forward.
“Alpha.”
His eyes moved to me.
“Who is she?”
Adrian didn’t answer immediately.
That surprised me.
Because he looked like someone who always had an answer.
Finally, he said:
“Her name is Evelyn Blackwood.”
The entire group reacted.
“Blackwood?”
“Why is someone from that family here?”
“Did they send her?”
The suspicion was obvious.
I couldn’t blame them.
If I were them, I would also question why the daughter of a powerful family suddenly appeared.
Adrian looked at me.
Then at them.
“She is joining Shadow Moon.”
Silence.
Then someone laughed.
“Alpha, you’re serious?”
“She has no wolf.”
Another person whispered.
“She’s an Omega.”
I expected this.
The same judgment.
The same doubt.
But this time…
It didn’t bother me.
Because I had already heard it a thousand times.
Adrian’s voice suddenly became cold.
“Enough.”
The entire group immediately stopped.
That was the difference between Adrian and everyone else.
People might not trust him.
But they obeyed him.
“You will show her respect.”
The others looked surprised.
Even I was surprised.
Because we had known each other for less than a day.
Yet he defended me.
Why?
I couldn’t understand.
Until I remembered something.
Adrian Blackthorn was cursed.
The curse didn’t make him cruel.
It made him afraid of losing people.
Maybe that was why he pushed everyone away.
Because deep down…
He cared too much.
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That night, I was given a room in the Shadow Moon territory.
It was simple.
Nothing like the Blackwood estate.
No expensive decorations.
No servants waiting outside.
But strangely…
I slept better than I had in years.
Because nobody here pretended.
Nobody smiled while secretly looking down on me.
Nobody called me family while treating me like a burden.
For the first time…
I belonged somewhere.
But just as I closed my eyes…
A strange feeling woke me.
Someone was standing outside my door.
I opened it.
Adrian was there.
The moonlight outlined his figure.
“Alpha?”
He looked away.
Almost uncomfortable.
A powerful Alpha who could face an army without fear…
Looked awkward standing outside my room.
“I need to ask you something.”
I waited.
His silver eyes met mine.
“That mark.”
He paused.
“Where did you get it?”
I looked at the crescent moon symbol on my wrist.
Then back at him.
“I told you.”
“I don’t know.”
Adrian was silent.
Then he said something that made my heartbeat stop.
“Because that mark…”
His voice lowered.
“Is the symbol of my family’s lost mate.”
The world went quiet.
I stared at him.
“What?”
Adrian looked at me seriously.
“The Moon Goddess didn’t awaken your wolf today.”
“She awakened your bond.”
A cold feeling spread through me.
Because I suddenly remembered something from the novel.
Something mentioned only once.
A forgotten prophecy.
When the silver wolf returns, the cursed Alpha will finally meet the one who can save him.
I looked at Adrian.
And he looked at me.
For the first time…
Neither of us knew what would happen next.
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End of Chapter 4
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