Chapter 85: Secrets I Never Told 2

Lyra's POV

I could never be what Vander truly needed. I wasn't his mate, wasn't Luna material, wasn't soft or gentle or whole. My strengths were in fighting, in strategy, in loyalty forged in blood and sacrifice. I was the Beta, the second, the shadow.

Elara was something else entirely. Even before her wolf emerged, I sensed the power in her—not the brute strength of a warrior, but something mor