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Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 12
The morning of the Mating Ceremony, the Drake packhouse was full.The stylist doing my hair was one I'd worked with before. She was steady. She didn't fawn. I appreciated that.She pinned the last section. "Congratulations."I walked out into the courtyard. The full moon was already rising even though the sun hadn't set. Kieran was at the altar. His father stood behind him.Every elder of Drake. Every allied pack representative. Every warrior I'd led. They were all there.Kieran saw me. He didn't smile. His face was too full for that.I walked down the aisle.The officiant began the rites. The Moon Goddess's blessing was raised above our joined hands. Kieran's grip on mine was firm. Steady."Before the Moon Goddess, do you accept Kieran Drake as your —"The doors crashed open.The whole courtyard turned.Ronan was standing in the doorway.He looked worse than I'd ever seen him. Thinner. Grey in his hair. His clothes weren't the Alpha ceremonial cut anymore. Just a coat.Behind him, not
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 11
Drake took two months to absorb the new territories.I spent those two months on the border, moving units, signing off on reconstruction, handling the small packs that had been under Creed's boot and were now under Drake's protection.Kieran was with me most of it.He didn't try to stand at the front of anything. He worked. He asked questions. He deferred to me on military calls and made his own on everything pack-side. When I corrected him, he took it without flinching. When I was wrong, he said so.It was the opposite of what I'd had before.One night after a long day of boundary surveys, we were in the camp tent going over the day's reports. He set his pen down."Nora."I looked up."I've been trying to find the right moment to say this for about a year. I don't think there's a right moment."I waited."I want you to stay. Not as Beta. As my mate."I set my own pen down."Kieran.""I know what you've been through. I'm not asking you to love me the way you loved him. I'm asking you t
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 10
Three weeks later, I put the plan in front of Marcus Drake and his council.Creed had ten thousand warriors. We had only two thousand.But Creed was spread across six border fronts. Their supply lines ran through two mountain passes. Their new Gamma was a political appointment — Whitmore blood by marriage, no field experience.And their Alpha had stopped sleeping a year ago.I pointed at the map. "We don't fight Creed. We starve it.""We cut the two supply passes. We shift-raid the food convoys at night. We leak false deployment orders into their courier system. By the time their warriors reach a front, the front has already moved.""Six weeks. Their line cracks. Then we take the three territories they already owe us, plus the two they've been trying to absorb."Marcus Drake looked at the map for a long moment."If this goes wrong, Drake is finished.""It won't."He looked up at me. "You're sure.""I held their border for three years. I know every warrior they have. I know how they mov
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 9
It was Ronan.A few months, and the Alpha authority had drained out of him.His face was drawn. The skin under his eyes was dark.He'd lost weight. There was nothing left of the man who used to stand at the head of a room.When his eyes found me, his whole body locked.He stepped forward, almost stumbled, and his voice came out shaking."Is it really you. Nora. You're not dead. You —"He lifted a hand toward my face.I stepped back without a reaction. Cold, distant. "Alpha Creed. You forget yourself."His hand stopped in midair. Something dark flooded his eyes.He opened his mouth to say something, and the door announced Alpha Marcus Drake's arrival.Ronan had to swallow it. He went back to his seat.All the way through the talks, Ronan's eyes kept landing on me. Raw. Begging.I kept my face turned to Kieran. I went over terms with him. I didn't give Ronan a single look.When Alpha Marcus Drake laid out the conditions, his voice was flat."Creed cedes three border territories. Creed pa
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 8
(Nora's POV)When I woke up again, I was in a room I'd never seen before.The furniture was plain. Nothing like Creed.My fingers shook. I tried to shift my body, and I realized I was still alive.The wounds that had been killing me had gone down to a dull ache.I was pushing myself up when the door opened and a tall, striking man walked in fast."You're awake." He put a hand on my shoulder, light. His voice was even. "Don't move yet. You're stable, but you need to rest. If you push now, you'll have these injuries for life."I stared at him, lost for a second, before I found my voice. "Thank you. Are you the one who saved me?"He nodded, then turned and brought me the warm tisane he had steeping on the side table. While I drank, he told me what had happened.His name was Kieran Drake. He was the Alpha heir of the Drake Pack — the pack that bordered Creed to the north.The Drakes had been pack warriors for generations. Same as the Ashfords. Loyal to their Alpha. Loyal to their pack.A f
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 7
When Ronan's guard announced him, Charlotte was already in bed.She pushed herself up, fixed her makeup, combed her hair into something perfect, and came out to meet him.Ever since Nora died, Ronan had been gone. Not really in the pack house anymore.He refused every time she tried to touch him. He hadn't asked a single question about the pup she kept insisting she was carrying.She was panicking. And there was nothing she could do about it.Tonight he'd come to her wing. She was going to do whatever it took to keep him here."Ronan," she said, soft and sweet.Before she finished the word, Ronan's hand came up and hit her across the face.Charlotte went down hard. She started crying, every note performed. "Ronan. What did I do. Why are you doing this to me?"Ronan threw a file on the floor in front of her. His face could cut."You accused Nora of stealing your necklace. You staged the fall into the pool. You paid a warrior in her unit to give false testimony and destroy her name. You
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 6
(Third person's POV)Before the warrior finished speaking, the file in Ronan's hand hit the floor."Say that again." Ronan's eyes were bloodshot. His voice cut. "I put ten pack units on the road with her. How is this possible?""You know what happens if you're lying to me right now."The warrior's v
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 5
Ronan lifted a hand. Charlotte walked in holding a thick folder."Ronan, I've spent the last few weeks looking into why the Northern Border unit lost so many warriors these past three years.""Someone came forward and reported Gamma Ashford. She took pack war funds. She sold pack weapons on the blac
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 4
Those few words hit me like ice water. My head snapped clear.Ronan's voice came back, soft and fond. "Alright. Gentle.""Ronan, how are you going to deal with Gamma Ashford? This time, She pushed me. Next time, she could hurt me and our pup."The room went quiet. Then Ronan said, slow, "Right befor
Alpha Chose Another Luna, I Left Chapter 3
Ronan wouldn't let me end it. He doubled down.He missed three morning council meetings in a row to bring me my medicine. He went down to the pack house kitchen himself and learned how to make plain broth.When he saw the color coming back into my face, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes."Charl
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