Chapter
Chapters
Chapter 1: Rival
Chapter 2: The Ex’s Gambit
Chapter 3: Torn
Chapter 4: Broken Chains
Chapter 5: Lost. Found.
Chapter 6: Moonstone
Chapter 7: A Funeral for the Living
Chapter 8: Ghosts of the Past
Chapter 9: Alliance
Chapter 10: Transformation
Chapter 11: Payback
Chapter 12: Gone Rogue
Chapter 13: Negotiation
Chapter 14: Unfinished Business
Chapter 15: A Meeting of the Minds
Chapter 16: Chance Meeting
Chapter 17: Close Encounters
Chapter 18: The Dress
Chapter 19: The Ball
Chapter 20: The Dance
Chapter 21: Regret
Chapter 22: Suspicion
Chapter 23: Possession and the Possessed
Chapter 24: More Questions Than Answers
Chapter 25: Masquerade
Chapter 26: Deception
Chapter 27: The Heavy Weight of Secrets
Chapter 28: Lake Water Through Cupped Hands
Chapter 29: Fidelity
Chapter 30: On The Inside
Chapter 31: Plans Made
Chapter 32: No Entry
Chapter 33: Crossed Wires
Chapter 34: Ghosts of the Past
Chapter 35: Blood in the Pines
Chapter 36: Ties That Bind
Chapter 37: In The Crosshairs
Chapter 38: Damage Control
Chapter 39: Damage Control
Chapter 40: The Cost of Control
Chapter 41: Blood in the Ink
Chapter 42: Wolves at the Table
Chapter 43: Dinner and Detonation
Chapter 44: Into the Fire
Chapter 45: Teeth and Fury
Chapter 46: Nox
Chapter 47: Alliance
Chapter 48: The Morning After
Chapter 49: Smoke and Cinders
Chapter 50: Fated Mates
Chapter 51: Accusation
Chapter 52: Regret
Chapter 53: Getting Out
Chapter 54: Mistakes
Chapter 55: Gone
Chapter 56: Tribunal
Chapter 57: Sunshine and Shadows
Chapter 58: Chase
Chapter 59: Pool Day
Chapter 60: Caught
Chapter 61: Plan of Attack
Chapter 62: Trapped
Chapter 63: Best Laid Plans
Chapter 64: Bravery
Chapter 65: Proof of Life
Chapter 66: Help
Chapter 67: Aftermath
Chapter 68: On Knife’s Edge
Chapter 69: Salt and Blood
Chapter 70: By the Grace of Blood and Silver
Chapter 71: ABX
Chapter 72: Not Enough
Chapter 73: Donation
Chapter 74: Bloodlines
Chapter 75: He’s Yours
Chapter 76: Fated Mate
Chapter 77: Side by Side
Chapter 78: Pack
Chapter 79: Something Real
Chapter 80: Vigil
Chapter 81: Surprise
Chapter 82: Awake
Chapter 83: Like a Family
Chapter 84: Choices
Chapter 85: Miracle
Chapter 86: At the Estate
Chapter 87: The Meeting
Chapter 88: The Pool
Chapter 89: Memories
Chapter 90: Lost and Left
Chapter 91: A Challenge
Chapter 92: Hiding
Chapter 93: Ruin
Chapter 94: Knowing Your Worth
Chapter 95: Clean Books
Chapter 96: Sense and Reason
Chapter 97: Lessons Learned
Chapter 98: Letting Go
Chapter 99: What You’ve Become
Chapter 100: Briarwood
Chapter 101: Invitation
Chapter 102: The Ceremony Begins
Chapter 103: Scavenger Hunt
Chapter 104: Spar
Chapter 105: First Blood
Chapter 106: The Crest
Chapter 107: Wish
Chapter 108: Moonlit Shift
Chapter 109: Moonbinding
Chapter 110: Aflame
Chapter 111: The Token
Chapter 112: Second Chances
Chapter 113: Working Through It
Chapter 114: Remote
Chapter 115: The Camp
Chapter 116: She Wolf
Chapter 117: Into the Woods
Chapter 118: The Echoes of Memory
Chapter 119: Tides Turning
Chapter 120: Real Trouble
Chapter 121: The Legend of Silverclaw
Chapter 122: Beginnings and Endings
Chapter 123: Decanting the Truth
Chapter 124: Filling In the Blanks
Chapter 125: Dead Things
Chapter 126: The Date
Chapter 127: Grief as Currency
Chapter 128: Moving Fast
Chapter 129: Rehearsal Dinner
Chapter 130: The Blightwood
Chapter 131: When the Moon Shifts
Chapter 132: The Bond Will Sever
Chapter 133: With Teeth
Chapter 134: Both of You
Chapter 135: Into Custody
Chapter 136: Everything I Was
Chapter 137: Expectation
Chapter 138: By the Pool of the Sanctuary
Chapter 139: The Binding of Souls
Chapter 140: Behind Bars
Chapter 141: Sowing Lies
Chapter 142: A Cry For Help
Chapter 143: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Chapter 144: A Call for Justice
Chapter 145: Midday Respite
Chapter 146: With the Ruin
Chapter 147: Only Darkness
Chapter 148: Once a Rogue
Chapter 149: Change
Chapter 150: A Foundation
Chapter 151: Moving Forward
Chapter 152: The Game
Chapter 153: Office Space
Chapter 154: Replaced
Chapter 155: The Foundation
Chapter 156: Falling
Chapter 157: Announcements and Celebrations
Chapter 158: Suppression
Chapter 159: Deep in the Woods
Chapter 160: Bike race
Chapter 161: Sentencing
Chapter 162: The Moon Stone
Chapter 163: A Memory
Chapter 164: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Chapter 165: Stolen Glory
Chapter 166: The Moment I Let Go
Chapter 167: To Begin With
Chapter 168: Behind the Scenes
Chapter 169: Liar
Chapter 170: Make Her Forget
Chapter 171: Not Again
Chapter 172: Loss. Again.
Chapter 173: An Idea
Chapter 174: Day Care
Chapter 175: Fated Mate
Chapter 176: Date
Chapter 177: Facing Truths
Chapter 178: Fated
Chapter 179: Aftermath
Chapter 180: Silverclaw
Chapter 181: Stolen Moments
Chapter 182: Too Much To Bear
Chapter 183: Mark Me
Chapter 184: Say You Love Me
Chapter 185: Ex
Chapter 186: Not Again
Chapter 187: Let the Snow Fall
Chapter 188: Heading Home
Chapter 189: Coward
Chapter 190: One Breath
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Chapter 49: Smoke and Cinders
DEREK
The air still smelled like ash.
Even though the fires had long been extinguished and the debris mostly cleared from the summit grounds, the scent of smoke clung to everything—our clothes, the walls, the people. A reminder of just how close we'd come to losing it all.
I stood on the temporary c...