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Chapter 34 – Trap
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The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 35 – Skin Walker
Gabriel"But I never left the halls you see." He mocked. As ever the old bitch has it figured out. "The former beta was but a simple decoy, Alpha - a fragile illusion to scatter your focus while the true play began here."My head whipped around at that, cold realization lancing through me like a blade between the ribs.Of course... It all made sense now in a horrific, inescapable way.This means one thing!A shifter!A true skin-walker capable of transcending their physical formOne of the most feared, powerful classes of our kind. And here, in the center of my heart, I feel pain.When did it escape me?How did this vile creature walk unnoticed amidst my pack, sowing its seeds?"Talon!" I barked over my shoulder, barely keeping my fury leashed as the pieces fell into place. "Initiate a full security lockdown and have your hunters brought in! We are dealing with a shifter - a skinwalker of immense power bent on-"My words cut off as I spun back to confront the shifting tide of mali
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 36 – My Crown Luna
Gabriel"Well, I'll leave you good-for-nothings to do more of your pitiful research. Just know that existence itself will soon be torn down before the revelation I've set in unstoppable motion. Rejoice in your false supremacy while you still can, Alpha - your short days as Prime Alpha are NUMBERED."With those taunting final syllables, the shapeshifter disappeared...gone. No grand finale or culminating confrontation, just an absence of corruption amidst the unsettled ballroom and the faint tingle of dormant malice awaiting its resurgence. My mouth opened and closed wordlessly for several moments as the gravity of that departure sank in. Turning back towards Kira and Talon, I saw my own stunned confusion mirrored in their expressions.This was meant to be the dawning of a new era for my bloodline. A night of consecration celebrating my lineage's preeminence over the old orders and a clear path towards dominance in the soon-to-be-birthed age from Lyra's womb. Yet now, everything had
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 37 – New Maids
Lyra The ceremonial words still seemed to linger in the air like the residual charge after a lightning strike. I stood there, Gabriel's possessive grasp on my arm the only thing keeping me tethered as the world spun dizzyingly around me."Let them talk all they want, you have now crowned Lyra as your Luna!" He let a small smile at me, soothing my worries."Congratulations, my Luna." Kira was the first to break through the crackle of that numinous silence, gliding forward with her ageless elegance. Her warm smile brimmed with genuine affection as she reached up to caress my flushed cheek. "You've embraced your sacred destiny as the Blackmoons Luna.""Indeed," Talon's granite rumble followed like a rolling thunder-peal. The towering Beta dropped to one knee before me in an unmistakable gesture of fealty. "The crown Luna of our pack. My claws are yours to command, Luna Lyra."I felt the weight of this pivotal transition like an almost physical burden settling across my shoulders.Weeks
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 38 – Luck
LyraI smiled weakly as Zara and Kim chatted about how lucky I was to be Gabriel's chosen Luna. Little did they know that "luck" was hardly the right word to describe the roller coaster my life had become. I saw my own boyfriend Damien cheating before we could become true mates. Then the artificial insemination process to have his child was a sham - the Alpha's sperm used to impregnate me instead. When my father discovered I carried Gabriel's litter in my womb, he banished me - his own daughter was cast out like a filthy half-breed. I would have surely perished at the hands of vengeful rogues if not for Gabriel protecting me time and again."You must be so overjoyed, my lady!" Kim gushed, her youthful features alight with girlish wonder. "To be chosen as the goddess as the new Blackmoon heirs - it's a dream greater than any I could've imagined!""Indeed," Zara chimed in with a sage nod. The older maid's dark eyes sparkled with a hint of envy. "With the Alpha's favor and a new litter
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 39 – Trials of the Luna
LyraThe next day, I was in the garden with Kim and Zara when Kira's gentle voice pulled me from my reverie. "My dear Lyra, may I have a word?" I turned to find the old advisor regarding me with maternal concern. "You seem preoccupied this morning. Is everything alright after your ascension as our new Luna?"A faint smile tugged at my lips as my palm drifted over the small baby bump of Gabriel's heirs growing within me. So much had happened so quickly since that fateful ceremony."I'm simply...adjusting to the profound shift my life has taken, Kira," I replied honestly. "One moment an outcast omega scorned by all, the next raised as the sacred vessel ushering in the Blackmoons' new heirs. You can understand my lingering sense of vertigo, I'm sure."The older woman's features softened with sympathy as she nodded. "Indeed, the path uplifted before you is a daunting responsibility, made more arduous by...certain skeptical voices."My brow furrowed at her meaningful undertone. Before I
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 40 – Council of Denial
LyraAs I stepped through the arched entrance, a hush fell over the cavernous ceremonial chamber. My gaze swept across the assembled Council of elite females - seven pairs of eyes boring into me with a mixture of skepticism, curiosity, and outright disdain.Kira offered me an encouraging smile before taking her place at the circular assembly. The wizened advisor was the sole figure exuding any warmth or acceptance towards me in that moment."Thank you all for attending this official review into Lyra's fitness as our new Luna," she addressed the stern-faced women in a measured tone. "I trust we can conduct these proceedings with objectivity and an open mind towards the Mother's ineffable wisdom in her choosing."The introduction was met with a series of noncommittal grunts and murmurings. One by one, the Council members rose to introduce themselves in clipped, formal cadences."Akira, Elder and Pack Historian." The first to stand was an imposingly tall woman with iron-gray hair bound
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 41 – seven Trails
Lyra"Look upon me, you arrogant old crones - and bear witness to the new Luna of the pack," I thundered, the chamber shaking with the force of my words."You question my loyalty, my strength?" I scoffed, rounding on Loma. "I carry the heirs of our great Alpha within me - what greater proof of devotion to the Blackmoons could there be?Loma opened her mouth to retort but I silenced her with a glare. "And you think I'm too weak to defend my litter?" I turned to Lila. "This fragile form holds the fire of the cosmos itself. I will burn any threat to ashes."Zara snorted derisively. "You couldn't last a day on a hunt, let alone as Luna.""Need I remind you that I descend from the noble Silver Moon lineage?" I shot back. "My blood may run in different veins but it is untainted.""That's precisely the problem," Akira said coldly. "An impure bloodline can never rule as Luna over pure Blackmoons.""So you would deny the will of the Goddess and the choosing of your Alpha based on old prejudice
The Alpha’s Barren Pup Chapter 42 - A Viper in the Nest
GabrielThe next morning, the ballroom's grandeur felt muted - like a once-vibrant tapestry faded by the erosion of countless dooming summers. I paced its empty length, leaving scorched impressions where my boots struck the polished marble.Images flickered behind my eyes. The shifter's blasphemous forms convulsing in agonized rebirth. Mocking laughter grating like an insult to all orders. And through it all, those voices promising dread revelation soon to be unleashed.A growl built in my throat as the implications solidified like creeping tendrils of ice. That parasitic presence had seeded itself deeper than I could've imagined...infesting my inner circle through countless, incalculable deceptions awaiting the signal to unmake everything from within.I whirled at the sound of the ballroom doors creaking open. Talon slipped inside, moving with an uncharacteristic quiet that set my hackles rising. Even before I beheld his stormy expression, the air thickened with unspoken portent."Re
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