Chapter 36

Olivia Martins

The room fell silent.

It wasn’t just quiet; it was suffocating. The kind of silence that settled in your bones and made your heartbeat feel too loud. I could feel the weight of it pressing against my chest, and I wasn’t even the one trembling.

Joshua was.

Caspian stood next to me, shoulders squared, his eyes glowing faintly with that dangerous red flicker that meant his wolf was right there beneath the surface. I didn’t have to be bonded to him to feel it. His rage rolled off him in waves, coiling around the room like smoke.

“If anyone here refuses to accept my mate as their Luna,” Caspian said, his voice like carved stone, low and unshakable, “then you’re welcome to challenge me as the Alpha. If not, then you are welcome to leave.”

No one moved. No one spoke.

Not even Joshua.

Caspian’s eyes swept over the pack like a blade, cold and merciless. “But let me make one thing clear,” he added. “Olivia is my mate. She w