Chapter 143: The Edge of Shadows

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• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 143: The Edge of Shadows

  LIRAWe all felt it.The change.The weight in the air.The land was wrong.And then we saw it.The Ashen Veil.It rose before us like a tidal wave of mist—thick, dense, and completely still. A shimmering curtain of fog stretched across the landscape, swallowing the forest whole. Trees disappeared into it and returned twisted, their trunks warped, their leaves a dull gray. The fog pulsed faintly… like it breathed.We stopped.No one had to give the order. We simply knew—this was the threshold. Beyond this point, the real danger began.Dain’s voice came from behind. “We’re close. This is where the horses stop.”I pulled my horse to a halt.One by one, the others followed.Morgana dismounted first. She stepped forward without hesitation and placed her hand on a jagged obsidian stone nestled at the edge of the Veil’s border. With a silver blade, she sliced her palm and pressed her blood against the rock. Ancient words slipped from her lips like wind through bones.The fog rippled.A sliv

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 142: The Weight of Truth

  MORGANAThe forest had grown too quiet.Not the peace of morning dew or resting birds. No, this was a hush heavy with omen. The trees knew what lay ahead. Even the wind dared not stir the branches now.I rode at the front of the group, the path ahead narrowing with every passing minute. The others followed—Caius and Lira side by side, Aldric behind them, Elias close to the rear. Dain brought up the last, ever watchful, though I suspected the Veil could not touch him.The Veil. We were nearing it now. I could feel the pull of its magic like a hand brushing against the edge of my mind, trying to slip in unnoticed. But I was older than such tricks. I had studied beneath moonlight and blood. I knew when shadow crawled too close.Still, there were truths I could not leave unsaid. Not now. Not when the dagger lay waiting and the fates of the bonded pair behind me would determine whether the prophecy ended in salvation or in ruin.“Lira. Caius,” I said, slowing my horse to a trot, allowing t

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 141: Before the Veil

  LIRAThe past two days felt like a delicate thread pulled tight—fragile, precious, and fleeting.I split my hours between my mother and Caius, between moments of laughter and quiet tears, between the present and the looming storm ahead. Every stolen glance, every touch, every smile was a promise I wanted to keep tucked in my chest, just in case.Just in case the Veil swallowed us whole.Elowen did the same. She was either with her father, learning pieces of her past, or with Elias, sharing pieces of her heart. I watched her from a distance sometimes, wondering how it must feel to finally have what was taken from her for so long, only to face the possibility of losing it again.Today, the sun rose too fast. The wind felt too still. The birds didn’t sing.Today, we leave for the Ashen Veil.I stood at the edge of the courtyard, dressed in my travel leathers and cloak, waiting. Behind me, the manor buzzed with quiet movement—final preparations, murmured goodbyes, armor being fastened, we

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 140: The Pull of the Bond

  ELIASThe soft rustle of the wind through the trees barely reached me over the sound of my own thoughts.From the edge of the woods, I watched Elowen sitting beside Dain in the garden. They were talking quietly, the kind of quiet that said more than words. She leaned into his shoulder at one point, and he chuckled at something she said. It was awkward and new and... beautiful.I should’ve felt nothing but peace, but Frost was pacing inside me, his agitation growing with every second.‘She should be with us,’ he snarled. ‘We haven’t even marked her. We haven’t claimed what’s ours.’‘She hasn’t even had time to know her father,’ I said aloud, my tone firm. ‘You want to rip her away from that?’‘He’s had his time,’ Frost snapped.‘No, he hasn’t. He just got her back.’Frost growled low in my mind, but I stood my ground. ‘You know what it was like for us growing up. Imagine her—knowing her mother died to protect her, and her father was out there, but they never found each other until now.

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 139: Borrowed Days

  SERAPHINAWe sat in silence again, watching the wind dance through the lavender, until footsteps crunched softly on the gravel path behind us. I turned my head and saw Dain and Elowen walking toward us, their hands loosely intertwined.Elowen’s face lit up when she saw Lira, but when her eyes found mine, her smile faltered. There was something in her gaze that mirrored my own heartache.She knew.Just like I did.They only had two days left.“Mind if we join you?” Dain asked, his voice unusually quiet.“Of course not,” Lira said gently, rising to her feet and wrapping Elowen in a warm embrace.The girls settled together, Elowen curling close to Lira like she belonged there. And she did, just as Lira belonged with us. I offered Dain a small smile as he took a seat beside me.He exhaled, his eyes drifting toward the horizon. “She doesn’t know what the Ashen Veil looks like,” he said after a moment. “Neither do most of them.”“You do,” I murmured, already knowing the answer.He nodded on

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 138: The Bloodseer’s Truth

  CAUISThe war room had emptied, but the weight of the vision still pressed against my chest like iron chains. Lira stood beside me, her presence always grounding, even in moments like this—when the future looked more twisted than ever. We didn’t speak as we walked through the halls of Grimhowl, Morgana silent at our side, her mind clearly racing. Aldric trailed us, his brows furrowed, lost in thought.We needed answers. And there was only one man who might unknowingly hold them.Dain.He’d been waiting in the east wing, training the guards, when Morgana summoned him. When we arrived, he was already sitting on a stone bench near the sparring yard, Elowen at his side. Her laughter quieted the moment she saw us.“Something’s wrong,” Dain said before I could open my mouth.“It’s urgent,” I said.Elowen’s brows pinched. Elias, always attuned to tension, approached from the courtyard and placed a gentle hand on her back.“El, come. Let’s give them a moment.”She hesitated, her eyes flicking

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 137: The Paths of Bloodseer

  MORGANAThe room had quieted. The final candle flickered near the map, casting restless shadows along the aged stone walls. And yet, for all the warriors gathered, for all the alphas seated and ready, it was only the three of us who truly mattered in this moment—Caius, Lira, and me.Two nights ago, the Map of Bloodseer had revealed what I feared most—two endings. One drowned in shadow. The other, soaked in sacrifice. But I hadn’t been able to show them—not yet. We had been interrupted. The discovery of the black crystal buried beneath Grimhowl had demanded immediate attention. And then, Fenrir…But now, with the black crystal destroyed and Fenrir sealed away, the time had come. I had to show them. They had to see it with their own eyes. Because from here on, their path wasn’t just theirs—it would shape the future of every living creature in this realm.I stood from the war table slowly, drawing the eyes of those seated—Ronan, Elias, Tobias, Orion, Aldric, and even Thoren. All of them

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 136: The Weight He Carried

  CAUISThe clearing outside the main packhouse was quiet that morning. Not the kind of silence that came with peace—but the kind that settled in after something sacred had been broken.They all knew.Word of the ritual had spread before the sun had even risen. Whispers carried through the pack like wind through tall grass, brushing against every soul with reverence and sorrow.The Alpha had sealed his wolf.I stood at the edge of the training grounds, arms crossed, eyes fixed on the horizon. The sky was a pale silver streaked with soft gold. Birds chirped faintly in the distance. The world moved on like it didn’t feel the hole inside me.But they did.I could feel them—every pack member who passed me today. Their eyes held something different now. Not pity. Not fear. But something closer to awe. A deep, collective ache, mirrored by quiet loyalty. Even without saying it, they knew what it cost me.“Alpha,” someone murmured as they passed. Heads dipped lower than usual. Bows lingered a l

• Alpha's Eclipse   Chapter 135: Echoes in the Silence

  LIRAThe morning light filtered through the high windows of the Alpha’s quarters, soft and golden, wrapping everything in a delicate hush. The kind of light that promised a new beginning—but carried the shadows of the night before.Caius lay beside me, his arm draped loosely across his middle, eyes fixed on the ceiling. He wasn’t asleep.He hadn’t slept at all.Neither had I.Though his body was still, his mind stirred like a storm behind his eyes. The pain he carried wasn’t just physical. It hummed through our bond like a low, distant thunder, muted yet unrelenting. He hadn’t spoken since the ritual. Not really. Just soft words to reassure me when I’d tried to ease his grief.But he didn’t have to speak for me to know.I felt it all.The weight of silence where Fenrir once resided.The ache carved deep into his spirit.And the way he kept replaying the moment—the split second when he chose to seal his wolf to save us all.I turned on my side to face him, brushing my fingers lightly a