Chapter 16: She Cried, The Alpha Broke

Chapter 16: She Cried, The Alpha Broke

Emma hurried back toward her chamber within pack mansion, her footsteps quick against the polished stone floors because she did not want to see Brandon. A strange heaviness had settled in her chest — the kind that whispered she was unworthy of being Luna to an alpha like him. The thought lingered like a shadow trailing her scent.

After a long evening bath infused with crushed moon petals and silverleaf oils — the kind reserved for pack royalty — she dismissed Paige and Naomi. Emma needed silence. Needed distance. Needed something that belonged only to her. She climbed onto the wide fur-layered bed and spread her manuscripts — stories of wolves, fate, betrayal, and second bonds — across the sheets. Nothing looked wrong. Yet everything felt... unseen. She pushed the papers aside and opened a fresh notebook, ready to begin another journey beneath the moon.

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