The Alpha-Consort’s Betrayal:Her Stolen Nesting GroundsChapter 1

I was sipping my afternoon moon-tea when a scry-post caught my eye.

"My son was born right here in Northbridge Territory—and the moment he arrived, the pack matron gifted him eight nesting grounds and three market-dens!"

"His sire's already set aside 6.6 pounds of moon-gold for him. Any sweet she-wolves out there interested in becoming my future daughter-in-bond?"

The post was spreading like wildfire through the glamour-net. Tens of thousands of scent-marks and howls of approval.

I almost scrolled past—just another she-wolf fishing for attention—until I zoomed in on the images.

My blood ran cold.

Those nesting grounds. Those market-dens. They were my luna's grant. The ones I'd brought into my mating bond.

And that moon-gold? I could see the etching on the bars. My pup's initials.

How in the Moon Mother's name had they ended up in some stranger's post about her son?

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I checked the territory markers on the market-dens again. Three consecutive claim-seals—the exact ones my parents had specifically chosen when I was mated. "For your future," they'd said. "Collect the tribute and live well."