Grace POV

The cold war with Ethan is poisoning everything.

Stellarnight Pack members whisper in corners, conversations dying when I pass. The atmosphere presses down like physical weight.

But it's worse for my people. The Aurorawisp Pack survivors living here as guests, as what some are starting to call "outsiders."

The rumors about me not being Alpha Mike's biological daughter have spread like infection. I hear the whispers—"not really his," ...