XANDER
Moon Manor was the ancestral residence of my family—home to generations of the Moonstone lineage for centuries.
Though it had long since outgrown its original form, reshaped by countless renovations and modern reconstructions to fit the contemporary world, certain parts of it had remained untouched.
One of them was the underground dungeon.
Hidden beneath the calm, glamorous surface, it was a place never acknowledged publicly. A private holding facility where enemies of the family were imprisoned, interrogated, and dealt with.
It was here that the assassin who had ambushed me was brought.
Ordinarily, a crime as severe as attempting to murder the Alpha would warrant immediate transfer to the Council Hall’s prison. But the secrecy surrounding the curse in my blood, coupled with t
