The Lightning Wolf Chronicles (Evelyn and Nadia) novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: We’re Just Ordinary Friends Visiting

Evelyn’s POV

Everyone’s attention snapped to us.

I stared at him, confused. “Do I know you?”

“You were at the training field today,” he said quickly. “I was watching from the edge. Didn’t you see me?”

Oh. That guy. I’d noticed someone staring but couldn’t make out his face from the distance.

I nodded. “Yeah, I saw you.”

Alpha Adam looked surprised. “Evelyn, I didn’t expect you two had already met. Let me make proper introductions.”

He stood up, his voice taking on a formal tone. “These are Alpha King Nathan, Luna Queen Selena, and their son Prince Alistair.”

My jaw dropped. Royalty? They seemed so… normal. Nothing like the intimidating figures I’d imagined.

“Don’t look so scared,” Luna Queen Selena laughed. “We’re just friends dropping by for dinner.”

Luna Isabella stepped in. “Enough standing around. Let’s eat.”

I ended up sitting across from Prince Alistair, who kept shooting me curious glances. It was making me squirm.

Dinner conversation stayed light – pack business, territory updates, the usual adult stuff. We younger ones mostly focused on eating.

After dessert, Alpha Adam cleared his throat. “Let the King explain why they’re here.”

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Alpha King Nathan chuckled. “Nothing dramatic. We came for one reason the Sentinel selection is starting next week, and it’s happening

right here in Polaris.”

The room exploded.

“Sentinel selection?” Magnus nearly choked on his water.

“This early in the year?” Lucian frowned.

“Yeah, normally we’d wait,” Alpha King Nathan nodded. “But we’ve got some situations developing. Need to boost our numbers fast.”

My heart started hammering. Sentinels the elite warriors I’d dreamed about joining since I was a kid. This was it. My shot.

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“When exactly?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking. “What are the requirements?”

Alpha King Nathan’s eyes lit up with approval. “Good question. Selection starts in a week. Any werewolf eighteen or older can register.

Alpha, Beta, Omega, doesn’t matter.”

“What kind of tests?” I pressed, completely ignoring the weird looks everyone was giving me.

“That depends on what the Sentinels have planned for you.”

“If someone passes,” Nadia jumped in, “do they have to leave their pack?”

“Not necessarily,” Luna Queen Selena answered gently. “Sentinels have different assignments. Some guard borders long-term, others handle special missions. Some even request to return home as pack protectors.”

“But the really skilled ones,” Prince Alistair said, his eyes locked on me, “might get sent anywhere. Greater ability means greater

responsibility.”

His words felt aimed directly at me. I met his stare head-on.

“I get it. Being a Sentinel means taking on more responsibility, facing danger, maybe even…”

“Death,” Alpha King Nathan finished. “Exactly. The Sentinel path isn’t easy. But that’s why they earn every werewolf’s respect.”

Silence fell over the table.

“Evelyn wants to leave us.”

Lucian’s flat statement cut through the quiet. His voice was calm, but I caught the hurt underneath.

Everyone’s eyes turned to me. The weight of their emotions hit like a wave,

“I…

‘Don’t.” Magnus leaned back in his chair, fingers drumming the table. “Just thinking about you leaving makes my chest tight.”

He was being dramatic, but I knew he meant it. These past few days, I’d felt their genuine care. They really didn’t want me gone.

But this was different.

“This is the Sentinels,” I said quietly. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime shot. I have to try.”

“Have to?” Orion’s voice carried an edge I couldn’t identify. “Why?”

I looked at each of them – five boys plus Elliot, all watching me with those complicated expressions. Reluctance, worry, anger… pleading?

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“Because it’s my dream. I’ve wanted to be a warrior since I was little. Not to prove anything to anyone it’s just what I want to do.”

Alpha King Nathan smiled wider. “That’s the spirit! Dreams are important. Young people should chase what they want.”

He looked around the table. “The Sentinels running this selection will arrive in a few days. You can all prepare. Remember, this is opportunity and challenge rolled into one. We’re allowing high schoolers to participate this time – any of you can give it a shot.”

After dinner, Adam and Isabella escorted the royal guests to their rooms. The rest of us headed upstairs in heavy silence.

Magnus wordlessly scooped me up like he always did now. Milo grabbed Nadia. The others followed behind without speaking.

Not until we reached the third floor did I break the tension.

“Why’s everyone so quiet? I thought you guys were gonna lose it back there.”

Orion smiled bitterly and leaned against the wall, looking exhausted.

“If we were the old us, we probably would’ve jumped across that table to stop you. But we didn’t.”

“Why not?”

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“Because we get it now.” His eyes found mine. “When you decide something, we can’t change your mind. Just like when you hid your wolf

awakening. Just like when you chose to suffer in silence. You always carry everything alone.”

His words made my chest ache.

“We only want one thing,” Magnus set me down and looked at me seriously. “If you really have to leave someday, promise you’ll take care

of yourself.”

“And,’ Elliot added, “visit when you can. No matter how far you go, this is still home,”

I studied each of their faces, some unnameable emotion rising in my throat. Gratitude? Regret? Something else entirely?

“Being a Sentinel doesn’t mean leaving forever,” I tried to reassure them. “I could apply to come back, protect this pack as a Sentinel. We’d

still see each other.”

“Will you actually come back?” Milo asked, his expression unusually serious. “Or do you really just want to escape? From here, from us?”

The question was too direct. I didn’t know how to answer.

Escape? Maybe. This place held too many painful memories, too much past I wanted to forget. Starting fresh somewhere nobody knew my

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