Queen Of The Forgotten WolvesChapter One
Chapter One
When Damien brought his sister in law Elara to the capital of the Nightfang Pack, he paraded her through the streets like a crowned queen, her two pups trailing behind her like precious trophies. He called it a new era. A fresh beginning.
But for Ayla and me, it marked our doom.
We were left behind in the forgotten bones of Frostmoor Ridge, where the wind never stopped screaming and the snow tasted like iron. The den was barely more than a hole in the mountain, its walls cracked from age and its hearth long dead. Ayla’s fingers were always cold. Some nights, I held them against my ribs and whispered stories just to keep the warmth from abandoning her.
Five moons.
Five moons of foraging through ice-choked earth for roots, trapping snow hares with bleeding hands, and bartering wolf pelts for half-rotted bread. I once carried Alpha blood. Now I gnawed on marrow like a starved mutt.
And then the scroll arrived.
Delivered by a crow with silver wax pressed over the seal. I held it with trembling fingers, my eyes scanning the elegant lettering.
Damien Nightfang, Alpha of Nightfang Pack.
No mention of us. No apology. Just an announcement.