Ellie’s POV
The morning felt different.
I woke up before the sun even touched the sky, the world still wrapped in shadows. The air inside the room felt heavy, almost sacred, like it knew today mattered. My chest rose and fell too quickly, my heart beating faster than it should, as if it was trying to push me out of bed before I could think twice. Today wasn’t just another morning. It was the day.
The day Ethan and I would stand before the council. The day the pack would stop looking at me as the weak omega girl who only survived by luck. The day I would finally step into my place as Luna beside him.
For a moment, I stayed still, staring at the faint outline of the ceiling. My thoughts kept racing. My father. My mother. The pack that once doubted me. All the battles we had fought to get
