The prophecy refused to leave Rowan's mind.
"The Alpha who rejects the Moon Wolf... will spend the rest of his life chasing what he willingly let go."
He stared at the dying fire in his chambers long after the elder had left. He had made the rejection for the good of the pack. Hadn't he? At least that's what he thought.
Ella had no wolf. She had been cursed or so everyone believed. How could he have chosen her as Luna when the elders themselves doubted her?
Yet... Nothing had gone as it should have. The bond hadn't disappeared, the attacks had begun, the rogues had come for Ella and now an ancient prophecy had spoken his name without speaking it at all.
Rowan questioned his own judgment even after years of being the Pack's most respected Alpha.
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The next morning, the
