When Lucian got home that evening, Selena immediately noticed something was off.
He didn’t speak much. He barely touched the food she had warmed for him. Instead, he paced their small courtyard with his arms folded and his head bowed.
Selena leaned on the wooden doorframe, her arms crossed gently. “Lucian… what’s wrong?”
Lucian stopped and met her eyes, the tension in his shoulders visible.
“Damian offered me something,” he said quietly, “something I never saw coming.”
Selena stepped closer, concerned but curious. “What is it?”
“He wants me to be Alpha… of the Dam-Nighade Pack. The former Lila’s territory.”
Her breath caught in her throat.
“He what?”
Lucian gave a small nod, then sat down on the bench nearby, burying his face in his hands.
Selena’s heart fluttered with a strange
