The room went completely silent.
Jay still held the strip of cloth in his hand, the red ink of Bloodfang's symbol stark against the dark fabric. The message felt heavier than something that small should.
The silver wolf belongs to Bloodfang.
Emily felt her stomach twist.
Not fear exactly.
Something colder.
Something angrier.
Jay slowly folded the cloth again, his expression becoming harder with every second.
Rowan was watching him carefully.
"So," the Beta said quietly, "what's the move?"
Jay didn't answer immediately.
Instead, his eyes lifted to Emily.
And in that moment she understood something that hadn't been said out loud yet.
The next decision he made wouldn't just affect Blackridge.
It would affect her.
Emily crossed her arms.
"You're thinking about locking me inside this hall until the war ends."
Jay didn't even try to deny it.
"Yes."
She blinked.
"Wow. You usually pretend longer before saying something that ridiculous."
Rowan almost smiled.
Jay did not.
His golden eyes stayed fixed on her.
"You saw what happened tonight."
"Yes."
"You almost lost control."
Emily frowned.
"I didn't lose control."
"You partially shifted in a room full of wolves and nearly collapsed afterward."
She hesitated.
"...that's fair."
Jay pushed away from the desk and stepped closer.
The energy in the room shifted immediately.
Jay wasn't shouting.
He rarely did.
But when he was this focused, the intensity of his attention was enough to fill the space.
"You're powerful," he said quietly.
Emily raised an eyebrow.
"That's a very polite way of saying 'dangerous.'"
"Yes."
The blunt honesty caught her off guard.
Jay continued.
"And you have no idea how to control it."
Emily opened her mouth to argue.
Then closed it again.
Because... he wasn't wrong.
The silver energy that had burst through her body during the fight had felt incredible.
But also terrifying.
Like holding lightning without knowing how to put it down.
Jay saw the hesitation and nodded once.
"That's the problem."
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The Alpha's Shy Luna
WerewolfEmily Vale has spent her life trying not to be noticed. Quiet, overlooked, and constantly overshadowed by stronger wolves, she never imagined she would become the center of a war between packs. But when fate leads her straight into the territory of...
