19 Times Postponed Mating Ceremony, the Alpha Lost His LunaChapter 1

On the day of my nineteenth Moonbinding Ceremony with Draven, future Alpha of the Blackspire Pack, my grandmother collapsed—struck down by a sudden heart failure during a surge of moon energy.

My mate's first moon mate—Myrielle, desperate to prove herself as the youngest Heartmender in the kingdom—slipped into the healing chamber without reporting to the Elders.

But the treatment failed. My grandmother didn’t wake up after that.

When my father knelt at the gates of the Moonspire healer-sanctum, begging the High Healers for justice, masked wolves dragged him into the shadows, shoved a hood over his head and beat him until both his legs shattered.

Anger overwhelmed me. I headed to the Moon Guard outpost to report Myrielle, but on the way, Draven’s wolf-drawn carriage hit me hard.

My ribs snapped. Bones splintered. I was rushed into the Main Healer chamber, half-conscious, icy moonlight flickering above me.

As the healers pushed my bed down the stone passageway, I heard one of Draven’s pack brothers murmur casually,