Chapter 9
Before the forest. Before the fever. Before all those years spent running, there was that one night, carved out of moonlight and wildfire. The night Selene met her Alpha.
It started at the edge of the borderlands. She was barely more than a shadow, just another outcast. Her village had gone up in flames that evening... rogues storming in for blood and land. Selene bolted into the trees, barefoot, her mother’s screams chasing her deep into the darkness.
She ran until the noise faded behind her, until she could barely breathe. Somewhere between pure exhaustion and giving up, everything changed.
The air shifted.
The forest fell silent... so quiet.
Then he stepped out of the mist.
Michael. Alpha of the North. The youngest leader any clan had ever feared. Looking at him, you c
