Lucas The road smooths out, recently repaved at my father’s insistence. Everything in our territory reflects his obsession with appearance to be perfect, polished, and powerful. “Three Alphas cannot share one mate,” my father continues as the massive silhouette of Ashvale mansion appears on the horizon. “Especially not an Omega. It violates every alliance we’ve built.” “It’s never been explicitly forbidden; there are no actual laws against it,” I counter, knowing the argument is weak. My mother makes a small, dismissive sound. “Because it’s never been necessary to forbid what nature itself prevents. Three apex predators tied to one female? The packs would tear themselves apart.” I navigate the winding road up to the estate, every mile bearing down on me with the weight of a future I n

