The moonlight bathed Silverwood in its gentle glow as Adrian Blackwood, the Alpha of the Silverwood Pack, stood outside the mansion, deep in thought. The Werewolf Council's warning had weighed heavily on his mind, and the delicate balance between his duty as an Alpha and his growing feelings for Elara, the rogue werewolf, had become increasingly precarious. Inside the mansion, in a dimly lit room, Elara paced back and forth, her thoughts in turmoil. She had learned of the Council's warning and the potential consequences of her presence in Silverwood. The uncertainty of her situation and the danger it posed to the pack had led her to reveal a decision she had made long before arriving in town—to share a part of her past with Adrian. Elara had always been fiercely independent, a rogue by c