Ellie’s POV
Life in the pack had been calm for some time, and for the first time in years, I felt like I could breathe without expecting disaster in the next second. The shadows that used to haunt every corner were fading. Wolves smiled when they passed each other in the courtyard, the sound of hammers and laughter mixed together as homes were rebuilt, and children ran freely in the fields, their laughter carrying farther than any howl.
I would stand sometimes at the edge of the training grounds and just watch it all. And every time, I thought the same thing—this is what we fought for. Not power, not titles, but this peace. And at the center of it was Ellie. My mate. My Luna. My light when everything else had been dark.
But even after everything, nothing—absolutely nothing—could have pr
