Elara POV
Learning Moon Pack rules had become the order of my days.
Not just a routine, but an expectation.
Wake up before sunrise. Wash. Dress properly. Eat alone. Walk to the library. Sit for hours listening to history, laws, traditions, and responsibilities that were suddenly meant to be mine.
Luna.
The word still felt heavy in my chest.
Days had passed since we arrived. Real days. Long ones. And in all that time, I hadn’t seen Kael.
Not once.
At first, I told myself it made sense. He was the Alpha King. The strongest wolf alive. A demi god who carried a pack on his shoulders. Of course he would be busy.
But by the fourth day, the excuse stopped working.
He wasn’t at the dining hall.
He wasn’t in the corridors.
He wasn’t even visible from the training field anymore.
It felt
