The night air over the Silver Claws Pack was unusually still. The competition for the new Luna was only weeks away, and a palpable tension hung over everything. In taverns and homes, the only topic of conversation was who would dare face Kendra in the arena. Vitor, increasingly reclusive, barely left his study, delegating border patrols to his Betas, Alex and Rafael.
That evening, the main mansion buzzed with a small reception for the elders. Elza, Vitor's mother, oversaw the preparations in the garden. She was no longer the official Luna, but she remained the heart of the pack's social life.
She wore a dark blue dress, and her wolf, Mili, was alert, sensing a strange vibration in the ground.
Alice was nearby too. She didn't want to be there, but her mother, Laura, had insisted she help deliver some of the medicinal supplies the Beta bloodline prepared.
Alice crept along, trying to slip unnoticed between the shadows of the ornamental trees. She carried the Book of Selene hidden beneath her robes — a habit that had become her only security.
The attack came without a warning howl.
A shrill scream cut through the ambient music. From the shadows of the forest surrounding the estate, pale, swift figures emerged like nightmares. They weren't stray wolves — they were vampires. Fast, lethal, and driven by a bloodlust that froze the spine.
"Attack!" shouted one of the guards, but his voice was cut short by a cold blade.
Panic erupted. The guests shifted, cracking bones and snarls filling the air. Vitor leaped from the second-floor veranda already in his black wolf form, Eros roaring with fury at the sight of his ancestral enemies treading on sacred ground once again. He tore apart the first vampire in his path, but the invaders were numerous and well-coordinated — this was a distraction.
In the chaos, Elza found herself isolated. She tried to shift, but three elite vampires — clad in black leather, moving in perfect sync — surrounded her before Mili could take full control. They didn't just want to kill. They wanted a hostage, a high-value captive to strike at the Alpha.
"Mom!" Vitor roared through the wolf mind-link, trying to fight his way through the horde, but four vampires held him down, using silver chains coated in vervain to burn his skin and slow his movements.
Kendra was nearby, fighting with ferocity.
She saw Elza in danger and hesitated — just a split second. Her calculating mind whispered that if the Alpha's mother were hurt, Vitor would be even more vulnerable, even more dependent on a strong new Luna. That hesitation was enough for the vampires to close the circle around Elza.
Alice watched from behind a large oak, her heart hammering. Selene had told her to keep the secret. Use it only when necessary — the Goddess's voice echoed in her mind.
The leader of the vampire squad raised an obsidian dagger to Elza's throat. Time stopped. Vitor was pinned, Alex was fighting far away, and the guards were overwhelmed. If she did nothing, the Alpha's mother would die.
"Enough," Alice whispered to herself.
She didn't shift. She stretched out her hands. For the first time in two years, she stopped suppressing the heat that burned in her chest. She embraced it.
A crimson flash illuminated the garden. Alice stepped from the shadows, her brown eyes glowing like burning embers. With a fluid sweep of her arms, she hurled a blast of pure fire at the vampires surrounding Elza.
The fire wasn't ordinary — it was a mystical flame that consumed the undead flesh of the vampires instantly.
The vampires' screams were horrifying — they turned to ash before they even hit the ground.
Alice didn't stop. She strode to the center of the courtyard, raising a protective ring of flames around Elza. Vampires that tried to approach recoiled, terrified by the supernatural heat radiating from the young she-wolf everyone had dismissed as weak.
Vitor, still in wolf form, froze mid-fight. He'd never seen anything like it. A she-wolf controlling fire? Impossible — a forgotten legend.
Alice spun, and whips of flame lashed from her palms, striking the vampires that held Vitor with the silver chains. The chains melted under the touch of Selene's Fire. Vitor, now free, roared and charged to finish off the last remaining invaders.
Within minutes, the garden lay buried in black ash. The attack hadn't been repelled by military strategy — but by a burning miracle.
The silence that followed was deeper than before the attack. Every eye turned to Alice. She stood breathless, her hands still smoking, the glow in her eyes fading back to their original light brown.
She felt exposed, vulnerable beneath the gaze of hundreds of wolves.
Elza, trembling, rose and walked to Alice.
"You... you saved me," the former Luna whispered, tears streaming down her face.
Vitor returned to human form, unconcerned with the momentary nudity as someone tossed him a cloak. He walked to Alice, his green eyes fixed on her with fierce admiration and deep suspicion.
"What was that, Alice?" The Alpha's voice vibrated, charged with an emotion he hadn't felt in a long time. "How do you have this power?"
In the distance, Alice spotted Kendra. Alfredo's daughter wore an expression twisted with hatred and envy. Her plan to be the savior, the pack's sole force, had been incinerated before everyone's eyes.
Alice looked at Vitor, then at her family running toward her — Alex's face white with shock. Her life of anonymity had ended right here. The secret Selene had asked her to keep had been revealed in the most dramatic way possible.
"It was a gift," Alice said, her voice steady despite the trembling in her legs. "A gift from the Goddess to protect what's left of our people."
Vitor stepped closer, and for a brief second, Alice caught his scent — forest, rain, and power. A shiver ran down her spine that had nothing to do with the night's cold.
"You're not just a Beta," Vitor murmured, almost to himself.
That night, the Silver Claws Pack didn't sleep. The rumor about "the Fire She-Wolf" spread like wildfire. And as Alice retreated to her house, the weight of destiny heavy on her shoulders, she didn't know that the competition for the new Luna would no longer be a simple battle of strength. The Moon Goddess had played her first card, and the game between Vitor and Alice was only beginning.
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