Chapter 1

On the eve of my wedding, Kael, the Alpha of Shadowfen Pack, took me to his hunting celebration.

His deputies whistled and hooted:

"Alpha Arthur's eldest daughter from Frostveil Pack is truly pure. Our Alpha Kael is so lucky."

Kael lowered his head and kissed my hair, his pride impossible to hide.

"My Elara is, of course, the best. Not like those wild sluts out there."

I went to the woods to clear my head after drinking too much. As I walked back to the door, I heard Kael's mocking voice from inside the room.

"Purity? What's that worth? She's stubborn as a rock, like a dead fish in bed. If she couldn't help me take over Arthur's territory, and if she didn't have the same face as Sera, I wouldn't even bother touching her."

My blood instantly froze, and I felt my wolf howling wildly.

Sera, my twin sister, Alpha Arthur's youngest daughter from Frostveil Pack.

The next day, my wedding to Kael proceeded as planned.

All members of Frostveil Pack and Shadowfen Pack gathered at the ceremony altar.

I wore a gown embroidered with white wolf totems, waiting to complete the ceremony with him.

Just as we were about to exchange rings, Sera, with her visibly swollen belly, walked towards us, surrounded by a group of wolf guards.

Kael stepped forward to shield her, his eyes devoid of any guilt as he looked at me.

"Elara, Sera is carrying my heir. Shadowfen Pack needs her as my Luna. This engagement ends here. Please, let us be."

I looked at my own sister, my flesh and blood, and at the fiancé I had loved with all my heart, and then I smiled.

I brutally tore off the necklace around my neck, which symbolized the alliance between our two Packs.

Holding up the hem of my gown, I walked step by step towards the man sitting in the shadows.

Killian, the Beta of Shadowfen Pack, a broken wolf who couldn't shift, his hind leg injured by silver seven years ago.

The entire Pack gossiped that this crippled wolf had watched over me for seven years.

I knelt before him and whispered, "They all say you like me. Now, I'm single. Do you dare marry me?"