Chapter 190: The Calm Before the Storm

The battlefield had been washed clean.

The bodies were burned, the blood soaked into the earth, and White Moon was whole again.

For the first time in years, Bella felt like she belonged.

The pack no longer looked at her like an outsider.

They saw her now.

Not just as Dante's mate.

Not just as the woman who had walked away.

But as their Luna.

And that should have been enough.

But deep in her chest, beneath the quiet victory, beneath the relief—

Something still felt wrong.

Like the battle hadn't truly ended.

Like something else was coming.

But what?