The wind was still.

The fire of the funeral pyre Bickered itsst me.

Marie’s burial had just ended, and the mourners stood quietly, their heads bowed in respect, eyes zed with sorrow and fatigue. Icould still smell the Incense in the alt, mingling with the faint scent of crushed jasmine petals. The stars above linked gently through the veil of darkness, bearing silent. witness to our priet

Then

“HOWL…I

A sound tore through the silence.

Fierceb. /bSharp. Urgent

The wolves froze mid–step, and warriors instinctively turned their heads toward the perimeter,

The hairs at the back of my neck stood on edge, and my heart skipped a beat

“Request” Beta Alfonso’s voice barely came out as a whisper, but it canied all the dread we needed to hear,

Before I could even process the words fully, the mind–link exploded with frantic messages.

“They’ve breached the east gate!”

“We’re surrounded–requesting backup now!”

“There are too bmany/b–at least twenty, maybe more!”

Panic rippled through the pack, the funeral forgotten.

Every warrior was already bshifting/b, preparing for the onught.

“Luna! You need to get inside–now!” Audrey’s voice bwas /bced witly desperation bas /bshe brushed /bto my side. Her hands grabbed my arm, urging me back

toward the mansion.

“No,” I whispered, standing my ground.

Audrey’s eyes widened. “Luna Eine, please

“No,” said again, firmer this time. “He’s here. This is Luca’s move.”

Even before I said it baloud/b, I had known.

The timing was too perfect. Mario’s death, Francesco away, a weakened emotional state for the entire pack–Luca bhad /borchestrated this moment with precision.

“Yes. He thinks taking Francesco away from you is a bgreat /bmove,” Mika bsaid /binside me, her voice steady and calm. “Let’s prove the rogues wrong”

Power stirred inside bme/b.

islow, awakening surge like the breath before a storm.

I turned from Audrey without another word and broke into a run, heading toward the gate. bBehind /bme, I could hear her calling my nameb, /bbut I didn’t stop. My heart pounded–not with fear, but with resolve.

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I

We were under attack And I was the Lima.

I would not run I would not hideb. /b

I spotted Beta Alonso just ahead, barking orders to the line of warriors,pletely unaware- it was following closely behind.

Freached him as we strived at the east gate.

And then I saw them..

More than twenty rogues. Snailing bloodilistyb, /bcrazed. Their eyes glowed with malice, lips curled back in vicious grins. Some were already mid–shit, their ws out and ready. Others remained in human form, weapons drawn, prepared to kill.

I stopped, breath hitching

“A trap…“I mulmured, my voice loud enough for those nearest me to hear.

Gasps followed as my presence registered among the warriors..

“LUNA!!” Beta Alfonso turned sharply, his eyes going wide bin /bhorror. “What are you doing here?! You need to leave–this is too dangerous!”

He looked at Audrey, ho face twisted with silent reprimand, but I held up my h

hand.

“No.” I looked at both of them, calmly. “Do you think it’s wise for a bLuna /bto hide while her pack fights for their lives?”

Alfonso hesitated. His mouth opened, then closed again.

“L… no. But if Alpha Francesco finds out-

“He will understand,” I cut in gently. “He’ll understand that a bLuna /bdoesn’t just rule by bhis /bside–she protects what they built. Our people. bOur /bpack.”

A distant, bone chilling howl sounded in the distance.

Not just any howl.

Luca’s

His voice was twistedb, /bdark, filled with the kind of madness that only hatred could breed.

Mikas

stirred inside me. Her presence grew, stretching, expanding

“It’s time”

My body tingled, the air itself seeming to bend around me. A pulse beat under my skin, growing louder, bstronger/b.

bwaret /b

bMika’s /bvoice echoed in my mind, fierce and protective. “I’ve waited long enough, Let them see what kind of Luna you truly

And now I understood

Everything that Mika bhas /bsaid about me clicked into ce,

I btook /bba /bdeep breath, closed my eyes, and let go.

“Mika… take over

“With pleasure.”

My bones shitted.

Heat seared through my veins like liquid moonlight. My muscles trembled, tendons stretching and snapping, skin changing, fur sprouting as the transformation began. Gasps surrounded me as the pack bore witness to my first full shift.

The pain was there–but it was empowering, not punishing. My soul weed the change. I embraced the power rising through me like an

When I opened my eyes, the world locked different.

Clearer, Sharper.

I bwasn’t /bEine anymore.

Twas Mika.

And Mika bwas /bglorious.

Standing tall and regal among the shocked warriors, I was a wolf bunlike /bany they had bever /bseen.

Snow white fur glistened under the moonlight–pristine, powerful, radiant like it was woven from the stars themselves. My paws lett faint glowing impressions against the grass, my eyes–now bright silver–gleamed with an ancient force rarely seen.

A white moon woll

The brarest /bform. The mark of something divine. The Luna not only chosen by fate… but by the Moon Goddess herself.

Everyone froze.

Audrey dropped her sword.

Joshua took a step back, awe and reverence flooding his expression

Beta Alfonso’s blips /bparted in silent disbelief.” White Moon… bless us.”

Even the rogues, for a brief moment, paused in confusion, their snarls faltering

Then, from the far tree line, a voice rang out.

Low. Cruel Mocking

“Well, well…so the little Luna finally bes /bbout /bto y”

He stepped forwardb, /bno longer bothering to hide. He looked older than thest time I saw him–wild with dark, unkempt hair and sunken eyes filled with

Venom

“I’ve been wondering when you’d stop cowering behind your precious Alpha,” he sneered, “Did you think you could hide forever? That byou /bcould steal what was mine and live happily ever after?”

Mika growled deep in my throat, a sound that made the air vibrate.

Luca’s eyesnded on me-then widened,

He stumbled back a step.

“What…?”

That’s right.

He hadn’t expected this

211:12 Mon, 14 Jul

He hadn’t expected nie,

A woll of light. The Moon’s own daughter. Not a pawn but a weapon.

lied my head and howled piercing, resounding cry that shattered the quiet

A cry of war.

A cry of unity.

A cry of vengeance.

The warriors behind me shifted in unison, bolstered by my howl, their courage i

I could feel it in their bones.

They were no longer fighting for their Luna.

They were fighting with her.

And I would fight beside them, even if I bled for it

Even if I died for it.

Because this pack–this home was mine.

a renewed.

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