Nolan POV
The news of Ellie’s identity had changed everything.
In Silver Fang, the rumor mill had roared to life the moment the announcement reached them — a hundred theories, a dozen interpretations, but all with the same conclusion: the Alpha’s missing Luna had been safe, sheltered by family, and divinely chosen all along.
For the first time in months, the whispers that had shadowed me wherever I went weren’t cruel. They were reverent.
“The goddess must’ve had her reasons.”
“She’s Moonstone’s heir, can you imagine?”
“Silver Fang and Moonstone — that’s power the royal council can’t ignore.”
It should have felt like victory.
But every time someone spoke her name, I felt the same tightness in my chest — pride twisted up with longing and something close to grief.
Because she wasn’t
