Chapter 45: Oliver’s Hunt for His Mate

Chapter 45: Oliver’s Hunt for His Mate

Emma’s birth-moon fell on a Moon-day. On the previous Sun-cycle, Oliver and Emma had sealed a quiet vow—to share a birth-moon feast beneath the open sky at the pack’s gathering grounds, if her father did not take her away.

That passing cycle became the longest Oliver had ever endured. Each sun and moon dragged like wounded prey across time. He counted every moment, every heartbeat, every shift of light and shadow.

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