Chapter 43:

It had been a year since Luna's passing, and Ethan still felt a deep sense of loss and grief. But he had also come to realize that life must go on, and so he threw himself into his work and his pack, trying to fill the void left by Luna's absence.

One day, as he was going about his day-to-day activities, Ethan received a call from an old acquaintance. "Ethan, my boy, it's been too long! How have you been?"

It was Marcus, another alpha in the area whom Ethan had met several times before. They had never been particularly close, but they had always had a cordial...