Chapter 7

Jaxon POV

The moment I left the courtyard, my chest tightened like a knot. I couldn’t ignore it any longer. That silver glow on her hand… it wasn’t just light catching her skin. I saw it. I felt something in my core shift when I touched her. No ordinary wolf radiates magic like that—especially not from Bloodmoon.

I waited until the moon slipped halfway across the sky before I called in the oldest member of the healer’s guild—Elder Kael. He walked into my private chamber with a limp in his left knee and that perpetual squint in his eye, but his senses were still sharp.

“What troubles you at this hour, Alpha?” he asked, bowing slightly.

I folded my arms behind my back. “I need answers… and complete discretion.”

Kael raised a brow. “You have it.”

I didn’t