---- Chapter 4. Kaelen's POV A searing pain hit me, like someone was ripping my soul apart. "Lyra!" I roared, dropping to my knees, clawing at my chest. Right there, the mental link to my destined mate suddenly felt faint, almost gone. "alpha, what's wrong?" The guard at the door heard my agonized cry and rushed in. "Lyra! Where is she?" I grabbed the guard's collar, my voice raw. "Alpha," he stammered, "'she... she left the Blackrock Tribe." Left? used all my Alpha strength to fight off the unease from the weakening link. Then, I let go and scoffed. ---- "Throwing another tantrum. I already apologized to her at the feast last night! She's just spoiled. It's fine, she'll cool down and be back in a few days." The guard hesitated. "But Alpha, she took all her things..." "Shut up!" I roared. "She's just a stubborn Omega. Where could she possibly go?" Footsteps sounded outside the door. I smirked, sure I was right. I knew she'd come crawling back. I composed myself, waiting for Lyra to apologize, but instead, I saw the old face of Elarah, the shaman. "You stupid wolf." She looked at me coldly. ''Do you have any idea what you've just lost?" "Just some disobedient she-wolf. What, did she send you to threaten me?" I wiped the blood from ---- my mouth. "Don't bother me with your mystical mumbo-jumbo." A flicker of anger crossed Elarah's eyes. ''The Princess of the Moonshadow Realm? You call her a disobedient she-wolf?" I froze. "What?" "Lyra Moonshadow, the only daughter of the Moonshadow Realm, heir to the oldest royal bloodline of the wolf shifters," Elarah said, each word clear. "You fool, you've been abusing a princess for five years." "Nonsense!" I stumbled back. "Lyra's just an ordinary Omega, she..." Elarah pulled out a silver, crescent-shaped pendant. It glowed with a mysterious light in the moonlight. ''This is her royal sigil. She dropped it. Only those of Moonshadow royal blood can activate its power."