---- carrying." I just looked at him, the man I'd loved for so long, now a stranger. "Answer my question, Kaelen. If you had to choose, who would it be?" After a long silence, he finally spoke, his voice like the deep end of a pit: "I will do what the pack needs me to do." Not the answer I wanted, but it was clear enough. "T see." I turned towards the door, then stopped. " You know, how do you think my birth pack will react when they find out you chose Lyra over me?" His face changed. "Don't threaten me, Sera." "It's not a threat, just a fact," I said calmly. "The Moonridge pack's alliance is crucial to the Night- fang pack. And I am the only link." With that, I left his office, ignoring the strange ---- looks from the warriors outside. Back in my room, I took out a silver box. Inside were letters from my pack - Elder Elara had agreed to help me with the Moon Eclipse Unbinding.