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A frantic sound woke me up not an alarm, but the heavy, fast footsteps of George outside my
bedroom..
“Luna thevAlpha said to inform you that the Eclipse Pack was attached. They were hit hard. Really
hard.”
The news hit me like a physical blow, stealing the air from my lungs. “it wasn’t a small or
unsuccessful. It was total destruction. Almost everything gone. Less than half the people
survived.”
A sick, cold feeling gripped my stomach. I knew instantly. Kyle.
My brother.
He is doing all of this just for revenge against the people who had hurt him and our family years
ago. But those people, the children, the innocents hey had no fault. They just happened to belong
to that pack.
I spent a couple of years with Eclipse. They didn’t like me much, and I didn’t love them either, but
nobody deserves to die this way.
This news was a disaster for the Eternal Pack. Eclipse were our strongest allies. And more
hauntingly, it posed a terrible question: Are we next?
I couldn’t just sit here and wait for reports. I was the Luna. This was my duty.
I moved quickly through the Pack House, giving orders. I called George to me.
“I’m going to Eclipse territory,” I told him, looking him straight in the eye. “You are in charge until we return. Be extra vigilant. Tighten the borders. We don’t know if Kyle plans to hit us next.”
George nodded, his face confirming the gravity of the situation. He was solid. He could handle it.
Next, my family. I found Kimberly tending to the breakfast table, the kids just waking up.
“Kimberly,” I said softly. “I have to leave for a while. Keep Marco and Isabella safe. Don’t let them out of your sight.”
She just nodded, her eyes wide with worry.
I crouched down quickly to speak to my children. Marco, my handsome son, looked up at me with
concern.
“I know I haven’t been very present lately, Marco,” I whispered, touching his cheek. “But I promise
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you, I will spend time with you soon. We are unbreakable, okay? Nothing will break us apart.”
Marco, thankfully, is a very understanding boy. He gave me a serious nod. Isabella, just hugged my
neck tightly and nodded her head against my shoulder. That small act of faith from them made my
heart swell and gave me the strength to turn and leave.
The drive felt endless, but when I finally crossed into what used to be the Eclipse territory, the air
changed. It was heavy, thick with the smell of smoke, dust, and something worse–stale blood.
The destruction was absolutely. It wasn’t a fight; it was a wiping out. Buildings that should have
been homes were just piles of splintered wood and black ash. It was clear this was meant to be a
m******e.
My heart shattered as I drove towards the center.
When I reached the area where the Pack House had stood, a huge, smoking ruin now, I saw the
survivors huddled together. And then I saw her.
My mother.
She spotted me immediately and rushed towards me, her face smeared with dirt and tears. Before
I could even brace myself, she threw her arms around me, holding me tight.
“Faith! Oh, my daughter, they’ve lost everything! We’ve lost everything! We just needed our daughter here!”
I stiffened immediately. I pushed her back, hard, until my hands were on her shoulders, holding her at arm’s length. The smell of ash on her clothes was sickening.
“Stop it,” I said, my voice low and dangerously steady. “Don’t call me your daughter. I am here as Luna of the Eternal Pack. We are your strongest allies, and I have come to help. That is the only
reason I am here. Stay away from me.”
Her face crumpled, the tears flowing faster. “But Faith, everything is gone! We lost our home!”
“It’s too late for that,” I told her, my heart a stone in my chest. “You killed me in your heart years ago, the same way you helped them kill my biological father. Don’t pretend now that you want me
back.”
She recoiled as if I had struck her. I didn’t care. The past was too heavy to carry right now.
I turned away from her, scanning the scene. That’s when I saw Astor. He was directing people, his face grim, covered in soot. He looked exhausted.
He looked up and saw me, and his brow furrowed.
“Faith? What are you doing here? I told you to rest.”
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“I’m glad you haven’t abandoned your duties,” he said. “Despite everything that is going on between
us.”
He didn’t wait for a reply, turning back to speak to a medic.
I began to walk through the ruins, and that is when the true horror hit me. I saw the damage war
brings on people’s lives. It wasn’t just wood and stone.
I saw a little girl sitting alone, quietly rocking, staring at a smoking pile that used to be a wall. I saw
women having lost their children. I saw a young father weeping hysterically over a bundle covered by a sheet.
Innocent children crying for dead parents. Mothers who had lost everything.
My own personal vendettas, my hurt against Astor, my anger at my mother–it all faded into
insignificance next to this suffering. This was Kyle’s work, and it was monstrous.
I made a vow right there. I will do whatever it takes to stop Kyle from hurting people any further. If he wants revenge, he can come after me, but he will not touch another innocent pack.
I walked back to Astor, my mind made up.
“Astot,” I said firmly. “This place is not safe. It’s a target. We cannot leave them here.”
He looked at me, understanding immediately.
“The Eternal Pack is the strongest shelter they have,” I continued. “We take the survivors with us.
We rebuild them on our ground.”
Astra didn’t hesitate. He simply nodded, relief passing briefly over his tired face.
“Good. Let’s start the evacuation.”
Together, the two of us, Alpha and Lunr, despite the mess between us, began organizing the living, pulling them from the wreckage, and preparing to take them home. Our pack was about to get much bigger, and much more vital. The war had just come to our doorstep, even if the attack happened somewhere else.
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