Chapter 619.
But then, after that immense euphoria, a wave of stark terror pulled me back to reality.
If any other Alpha or the High Council ever found out I was using micro–runes to manipulate the will of a Pack Elder, I’d be finished! The Ancient Wolf Covenant would demand my execution.
But what if it was just controlling my brother?
Grayson was a powerful Alpha, but if I could nudge his spirit… no one would ever find out. My wolf paced in the shadows of my mind, her fur bristling at the thought of such a dishonorable transgression, yet her amber eyes glowed with a dark, forbidden hunger for security.
The door to the sanctuary room swung open again. Julia, looking as if she’d just been caught red–handed with a secret, spun around abruptly,
Upon seeing Aurora, she let out a huge sigh of relief before throwing herself into Aurora’s arms.
“Alpha Mother! I found a secret!”
Aurora listened as her daughter, nestled in her embrace, slowly revealed what she’d discovered about the lingering spirit–sentinels in the Old Alpha’s Blood–Core.
Aurora had been listening nonchalantly at first, her scent neutral, but as Julia continued, her eyes sharpened, becoming fiercely aggressive–the predatory gaze of a Matriarch who smelled blood in the water.
“Control everyone?”
She repeated those words.
Julia, still in her arms, flinched with a scared gasp when she heard them.
“Mother,” Julia’s voice was low, almost a whisper. “I think controlling everyone is too dangerous. The Pack Council would howl for our heads. If we just control my brother, then the Smith Pack will be firmly in our hands. You can use their territory and silver–mines however you want to build up the
Green Pack.”
But no trace of fear touched the Green Matriarch’s face.
She released Julia, practically vibrating with a dominant energy that made the air hum as she began to pace the sanctuary room.
Her high heels clicked against the stone floor–tap, tap–a crisp, rhythmic sound that echoed like a frenzied drumbeat in my ears. The light in her eyes was so intense, so consuming, it looked like it could set her ablaze.
Absolute control over the Alphas!
How utterly magnificent!
Mother?” Julia ventured, her voice barely audible.
Julia watched her mother’s almost fanatical expression, and I felt a prickle of unease begin to crawl up my spine. Her wolf let out a warning chuff, sensing a darkness even deeper than the moonless night.
Aurora stopped, turning to face Julia, her eyes gleaming with a scorching, almost manic light.
Julia,” Aurora declared, her voice laced with fervent conviction.“This isn’t some devil’s trick. This is the most potent weapon the Moon Mother has bestowed upon us!”
What Aurora was truly contemplating went far beyond Julia’s innocent discovery. Her mind, I would later realize, was already racing with a terrifying
vision.
If this technology could control pack magnates, financial giants of the wolf territories…
If it could control the Alphas of various nations, the top tycoons of the global Howlnet…
Then Aurora wouldn’t just be the head of a family. She’d be a force beyond all reckoning, shaping the world to her will. Her ambition wouldn’t stop at merely heading a pack. No, she’d become the hidden architect of this world, a god pulling every string, and the thought sent a shiver down my spine. The entire world, I realized, was destined to become her chessboard.
I watched Julia’s eyes widen in disbelief as she looked at her mother. “Weapons? Mother, have you lost your mind? This is tur
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It’s too dangerous! If the other clans find out, we’ll be public enemies to the whole world!”
A chilling smirk played on Aurora’s lips as she scoffed, “Silly she–wolf.”
Aurora stepped closer, her hand reaching out to cup Julia’s face. Her gaze, sharp and intense, locked onto her daughter’s.
“Power itself isn’t good or evil,” she murmured, her voice laced with chilling conviction. “The key is who wields it. If it’s in our hands, the control is ours.” Her words, insidious as a spell, seemed to drill themselves into Julia’s ears, and I could practically see their poisonous influence taking root.
“But Julia started, her voice barely a whisper.
Even then, Julia’s fear, her sense of how utterly insane this was, still clung to her.
There are no buts?” Aurora cut her off, her voice sharp with finality.
I knew Aurora was a ruthless opportunist, a woman consumed by ambition. How else could a bastard’s daughter have seized control of the Green Pack? She was a master manipulator, and I could practically see her calculating how to exploit Julia’s hesitation. She aimed her words directly at Julia’s deepest wound, her most vulnerable spot-
[pictured her lifting Julia’s chin, her words cutting through the air.“Are you truly content to be trampled under Isabella’s heel, to lose to her your entire ife? To let her keep the fated–mate bond you desire?”
Julia didn’t even hesitate.“Never!” she shot back, her scent flaring with sudden, sharp aggression.
Exactly!”
Aurora’s lips curved into a smug, triumphant smile, radiating an almost frightening confidence as she said:
‘Of course, we can’t be as stupid as Isabella, just turning people into puppets. They’d find out the moment they felt their wolf’s resistance. We can be much more discreet.”
She elaborated, her voice a calm, practiced persuasion. “We don’t need to completely control them. We just need to… subtly shift their mindset.”
Just plant a thought, an idea, right in their heads.”
‘Make them believe that backing you is the only smart choice for the pack.”
Make them feel that collaborating with you is the only way for them to gain immense benefits from the Moon’s blessing…”
Aurora was painting a picture of success for Julia, all while her mind buzzed with countless ways she could use micro–runes to achieve her own wisted ends!
Julia listened, her heart–her own Blood–Core–hammering uncontrollably.
Changing a wolf’s thoughts without leaving a trace on the bond…
It sounded so much safer than direct control, and infinitely more tempting!
ulia’s breath hitched, the fear in her eyes slowly giving way to something else entirely–a dark, blossoming greed.
‘Mother… so what… what do we do?”
Aurora watched the burgeoning greed and ambition in her daughter’s eyes, a satisfied smile playing on her lips.
First step, of course, is to send your reputation sky–high through the Howlnet.”
Aurora offered a confident smile.
Three days later.
A delivery driver’s transport scraped Julia’s vehicle on the territory border.
Then she “discovered” the driver had a seriously ill pup.
My heart ached for him, filled with such profound sympathy and pity—or so the Howlnet reports claimed—that I knew right then I had to treat his daughter.
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Three days later, Voyager Healing Guild’s public announcement was streaming live everywhere across the Howlnet.
The venue itself was set up within the Pack Council Hall with a simple warmth that almost surprised me, and the backdrop behind the stage proudly displayed the slogan:“Ancient Spirit Illuminates Hope, Luna–Love Protects Our Future.”
Under the psychic spotlights, Julia was a stark contrast to her usual obsessive, frantic self. Her long hair was elegantly pinned up, and her face, usually contorted with mania, was now softened by delicate, gentle makeup. She wore a tasteful white ritual suit, projecting an image of calm sophistication hat made my stomach churn. Her wolf seemed suppressed, hidden beneath a mask of false Beta–like serenity.
As countless cameras and Howlnet reporters zoomed in, I watched Julia. She was projecting an image of intellect and grace, exuding a profound, almost saintly compassion that felt utterly fake to me.
She slowly began to speak into the cameras, her voice carefully modulated, a touch of practiced hoarseness and solemnity designed to tug at
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