The Alpha King And His Chosen Luna novel Chapter 175

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(Caius)

The office felt too formal after that conversation.

Without saying anything I led her toward the sitting room instead. The fire was already

burning when we went inside and Isla sat on the rug in front of it before I had the chance to suggest anywhere else.

I sat beside her.

For a while we watched the flames together.

“You were right,” she said quietly.

“About what?”

“Not every decision comes with relief.”

I looked at her.

“But this one came with peace.”

I nodded once.

“I was hoping you’d find that.”

She looked at me.

“You already knew I would?”

“I thought you might.”

She smiled faintly before looking back at the fire.

“I kept thinking forgiving Brent meant I had to forgive all of them.”

“And now?”

“I know it doesn’t.”

I watched the flames dance across the logs.

“No,” I said. “It never did.”

She drew one knee closer to her chest and rested her arms around it. The fire reflected in her

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eyes as she watched it without really seeing it. I knew that look well enough now. It was the look she wore when she was putting the last pieces of something into place.

“I don’t think about revenge anymore,” she said. “I thought I would after everything they did. Instead I just wanted it to end.”

I looked at her for a moment before answering.

“Wanting something to end doesn’t make you weak. Sometimes it takes more strength than holding on ever could.”

She leaned back against the sofa and let out a slow breath. I thought the conversation had reached its natural end.

Apparently she disagreed.

“Change of topic,” she said.

I looked at her.

“Go on.”

She smiled slightly.

“When are we going to have sex again?”

I stared at her.

She tilted her head.

“What?”

“I wasn’t expecting that question.”

“I know.”

“You planned that.”

“Maybe.”

I looked at her for a long moment.

“Anytime you want,” I said. “You don’t have to ask.”

She blinked.

“I don’t?”

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Her smile grow just a little

So if I walked into your office toronow and said I wanted you to come to our quarters?”

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She laughed quietly

I’ve shocked you twice today”

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You’re becoming very good at it

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She looked at me for another moment.

“Can i ask for something else?

You already are

She smiled

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I waited

1 don’t want to stay in the pack house tonight.”

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I looked at her.

“I just want it to be us.”

I held her gaze for a moment before answering.

“Then we’ll leave.”

She tilted her head slightly.

“Where?”

“There’s a cabin on the northern side of our territory.”

She waited.

“It belongs to me,” I said. “I haven’t stayed there in a long time.”

“Just us?”

“Just us.”

Her smile returned.

“I’d like that.”

“So would I.”

We didn’t stay by the fire much longer after that.

Isla stood first and held out her hand. I took it, and together we left the sitting room and went

to our quarters.

The pack house was quiet around us, most of the wolves already settled into the later hours, the corridors empty.

She went straight to the closet when we reached our quarters.

I watched her pull out a change of clothes and set them on the bed with the focused efficiency of someone who had decided something and was moving toward it.

She wasn’t nervous.

She wasn’t second guessing herself anymore.

She was simply getting ready, the way she did everything now, with quiet certainty.

“What do I need?” she asked without looking up.

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“Something warm,” I said. “The cabin will be warm once the fire is going, but the journey the won’t be.”

She nodded and exchanged one layer for another before packing everything neatly into a small canvas bag.

I gathered a few things of my own before slinging the bag over my shoulder.

Together we left our quarters and made our way outside.

The pack house had settled into the quiet that came with night, only a handful of lamps still burning along the corridors.

The doors eased shut behind us, leaving the warmth of the pack house at our backs.

A cool breeze carried the scent of pine through the night air.

Isla breathed it in with a smile that reached her eyes.

I found myself smiling back.

We walked until the sounds of the pack house had faded behind us.

When we reached the edge of the forest, we stopped without needing to discuss it.

The shift came easily, welcomed rather than summoned.

Vorak settled into an easy run, every stride carrying us deeper into the forest.

Vaela matched my pace without effort, occasionally darting ahead before falling back beside me again.

We ran between the trees as though the mountain itself had opened a path for us.

The wind carried the familiar scents of Wraithborne through the night while the cabin drew

closer.

Without needing to look at each other, we lengthened our stride and covered the last stretch together.

The trees finally opened into a small clearing.

The cabin stood exactly where I’d left it, tucked beneath the pines with its porch facing the mountains beyond.

Vaela slowed beside me while Vorak came to an easy stop.

For years it had been nothing more than a place I came to be alone.

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Tonight, I wasn’t arriving alone.

I looked at Vaela once before leading the way toward the cabin. She fell into step beside me without hesitation, just as she always did now.

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