Chapter7
“Go ahead.” Corvin pulled on his cloak, tone flat. “And don’t forget, if it weren’t for getting you pregnant so I could claim the Alpha’s seat, I wouldn’t have looked at you twice.”
The air turned to ice.
Lilith gripped the sheet so tightly her knuckles went white.
“You’re Alpha,” she snapped. “You can’t be weak. You can’t let someone who already abandoned you keep holding you back.”
“Weak?” Corvin murmured, staring out at the fog–heavy valley. He repeated the word under his breath.
Then he turned sharply, eyes like drawn steel. He closed the distance between them, each word cutting deep.
“Do you know what it’s like to have your wolf soul torn apart?”
“She left with my pup. That’s not weakness, that’s being ripped in half.”
Lilith stepped back a pace, but her tone stayed firm. “She betrayed you first, the whole pack says she wasn’t worth keeping.”
Corvin said nothing more. He pushed open the door and walked out.
He didn’t want to hear anyone else’s judgment of Selena.
In the council hall, lower–ranked Alphas, elders, and branch representatives sat in a circle.
After a night away, Corvin strode in, his cloak rumpled, the red lines in his eyes stark
The matriarch sat at the head, her voice cold. “The ritual is complete. From this day forward, you are the recognized Alpha of this pack.”
“But you should also hear, ”
She raised her hand, and murmurs began to swirl around the room.
“The new Alpha abandoned the ritual last night, no dignity at all.”
“He may be the heir, but his wolf is unstable. Can he really lead the pack?”
“If Lilith badn’t gotten pregnant first, would he even have the throne??
Corvin’s icy stare swept the hall, but he said nothing.
The matriarch tapped her staff lightly. “Enough. He has completed the mating ritual. These doubts end here.”
At that moment, Lilith entered. She wore a dress that emphasized the curve of her stomach, her expression gentle.
“Alpha was in rough last night,” she said sweetly. I should have reminded him to be careful. Please forgive him.”
She came to his side, slipping her at naturally through Aus
He knew he couldn’t made another mistake now
He had to protect his authority, his positions as loader the bollen
But his wall didici obey amanote
It raped inside him, thrashing, snading, dopriate to test body and den and
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But Carvin no longer beard a thing
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In his mind, there was only the empty old house.
The charred wooden wolf.
Fenrir’s final, quiet Alpha Corvin.
He couldn’t hold it in anymore.
“Enough,” he said softly, then turned and walked out.
The matriarch’s voice cracked like a whip. “Corvin! Where are you going?”
He didn’t answer.
His cloak struck the stone steps in a series of heavy echoes.
Outside, he tilted his head back, drawing in a deep breath of snow–laced wind, the veins in his eyes burning red.
Lilith’s voice rang sharp behind him. “Are you insane? If you walk away now, you’re abandoning your post!”
He turned suddenly, gaze like ice–edged steel. “I don’t care about the post.”
“She is my mate. I’m bringing her back.”
In that moment, he abandoned reason, abandoned power, the clan’s laws, and its honor.
His wolf form burst free, leaping down the snowy cliffs, racing north.
It howled into the blood and wind, roaring one name over and over.
Selena.
Beneath the night sky, at the edge of Ironfang Pack territory, a powerful Alpha presence was closing in.
Corvin tore through the barrier, his pace feral, his eyes blood–red.
“Where’s Selena?”
His voice was hoarse, his wolf spirit roaring like a wounded beast.
A squad of guards crossed their spears in his path. “This is Ironfang Pack territory. No outsiders may enter.”
Corvin’s breathing was ragged, his gaze wild, his wolf restless and unstable.
“I need to see her! She’s my Luna!”
He shoved the guards aside, forcing his way forward.
Suddenly, a greater Alpha dominance slammed down trom above.
