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“Keep the pup, ditch the sire?” The Luna’s chilling words seemed to echo through the mental link I shared with the narrative of the encounter, a realization dawning in Julia’s gaze.
As she stared at her mother, Aurora, who remained perpetually elegant and composed in her Alpha–regal bearing, I sensed a profound understanding bloom within Julia for the very first time.
Just then, a soft knock echoed at the heavy oak study door.
Butler Lee entered, holding a freshly printed document retrieved from the Howlnet terminal.
Luna, Miss,” he began, bowing his head in deference, “this is the material list just released by Fire Pharmaceuticals.”
Aurora gave a casual hum, the vibration of a satisfied predator, then gracefully lifted her wrist and took the list.
She gave it a dismissive glance before handing the thin sheet of parchment to Julia.
Take a look,” she said. “Isabella’s going to use these materials to upgrade her nanobots. Now, how can these materials make your own wolf–tech stronger too?”
Julia silently took the list.
Her eyes were fixed on the paper, but I could tell, even from a distance, just by the way her shoulders stiffened, that not a single word was actually sinking in for her. Her wolf was likely pacing restlessly behind her ribs.
Her fingertips unconsciously curled the edge of the paper, transforming the crisp sheet into a tight little scroll.
I knew the phrase, get rid of the sire, keep the pup,” was echoing relentlessly in her mind.
Along with the cold, calculated idea of absorbing the Silvermoon Pack into their own territory.
Aurora watched her daughter’s distracted demeanor, a flicker of knowing amusement in her eyes. Leah–as some in the inner circle called the Luna–was confident her daughter would come around to the way of the predator.
Julia remained silent for a long time before finally looking up at the Pack attendant, who was still standing by her side.
“Go, call Andrew in.”
Aurora’s lips curved just slightly. Of course, that’s my daughter, I could almost hear her purring through the pack bond. She figured it out so fast.
She gave the attendant a look, and he respectfully responded-
“Yes, Miss.”
Andrew had been waiting just outside the Green family’s territory gates, his scent a mix of anxiety and desperate ambition. When the attendant called him in, I could tell he was almost in disbelief.
Julia would actually invite him into the heart of the Green Pack’s mansion?
The Green Pack in the Kyoto Territory, while perhaps not as deeply entrenched as the Four Great Bloodlines, was still far beyond what the Silvermoon. Pack in the Western Territory once was.
It certainly wasn’t a position the Silvermoon Pack, teetering on the brink and barely surviving by selling off hunting rights and shares, could ever hope
to attain.
First, it was the old Smith family estate. Now, I pictured Andrew arriving at the grand Green Pack manor. I knew Andrew yearned for Julia’s approval, and I imagined he felt truly recognized as an Alpha in her presence
His forced blood bond to Julia, though commanded by Grayson, had been deeply humiliating for him.
I knew what Andrew thought of Julia–that she was wild, headstrong, and utterly unreasonable for a she–wolf. But putting all that aside….
I also knew he considered Julia a brilliant match, the ultimate strategic prize for any Alpha.
then
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She was the Green Pack’s current Alpha–patriarch’s only daughter, their future heir, and the eldest Miss of the Smith bloodline.
She represented a ceiling he could never even dream of touching in his past life as a struggling pack leader.
And now, to feel truly accepted by such a formidable bloodline…
I could tell he suddenly felt that even being brushed aside didn’t matter.
I pictured Andrew, being led by the Green Pack’s butler, as he entered the inner sanctum of the estate.
The butler guided him into the Luna Aurora’s study.
I could almost smell the faint sandalwood and dominant Alpha pheromones burning in the room.
Aurora was seated behind her desk, and Julia stood beside her like a predatory princess.
Andrew’s heart, I imagined, must have leaped into his throat.
He spoke cautiously, respectfully, his head bowed.
Luna,” he began, “Miss Green.”
Julia turned her head, her gaze meeting his.
I watched Andrew’s face through my mind’s eye. It was a blank slate, devoid of the impatience or even outright disgust I’d grown accustomed to seeing
whenever Andrew was involved. This was new.
Her attitude towards him, I realized, was… well, unexpectedly pleasant.
Why aren’t you saying hello to my mother?” Julia asked, her voice flat but devoid of its usual bite.
Andrew froze.
He shot an uncertain glance at Julia, then his eyes flickered to the powerful Luna behind the desk, who despite her commanding aura, held a soft, dangerous smile.
Was Julia really implying….
He should call her “Mom“?
I could almost feel the frantic beat of Andrew’s heart from across the territory.
He took a deep, steadying breath, clearly trying to rein in the surge of shock and excitement. Then, he turned to the woman and bowed low, a gesture of profound respect.
Mom.”
The word, Mom, slipped out so effortlessly, so genuinely.
Aurora’s smile deepened, just a fraction.
She gave a soft nod, her response a gentle hum of acknowledgment that resonated in the room.
Mhm.”
A spark.
Andrew’s mind exploded like a dazzling fireworks display of pack–bond euphoria!
Pure ecstasy!
An unprecedented wave of energy swept through him, consuming every fiber of his being!
She’d accepted him!
Aurora had accepted him!
Did this mean he was finally accepted by the Green Pack?
He wasn’t just some live–in mate that Grayson had forced upon Julia, a blood bond arrangement that was barely respectable in the eyes of the Pack
Council!
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Andrew swore to himself.
From now on, he would definitely make the bond work with Julia!
He would make sure both she and the Luna saw his worth! And then he would make the Silvermoon Pack bigger and stronger than ever! Just then, Julia handed him the crumpled–up list she’d been holding.
“Take a look. These are the things Isabella asked various important figures for–items we need to find to upgrade the robots”
Andrew took the paper, clearly flattered and surprised. She was sharing such confidential pack information with him?
He truly was becoming part of the inner circle!
Excited, he unfolded the list and his eyes landed on it.
Ultra–high purity biological grade osmium isotope–187.
Room–temperature superconducting quantum lattice fiber.
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I watched as, after reading just two lines, Andrew’s brows furrowed tightly.
The wild joy that had been on his face only moments before slowly froze, replaced by a growing uncertainty.
His gaze lingered on the list, and a heavy silence settled between them.
I didn’t need to be an expert in nano–robotics or pack healing like Andrew to know that these weren’t just difficult items; they were unobtainable fo wolf of his standing.
Even the Silvermoon Pack, in its prime, couldn’t have sourced a single one of them without a direct decree from the High Council.
I watched as his shoulders slumped, his entire demeanor deflating. His heart, I could almost feel it, sank deeper with each passing second.
He cautiously raised his head, his gaze finding Julia’s, and I saw the fear in his eyes–the fear of finding the disgust and contempt he surely expected from a superior Alpha she–wolf.
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