After all, rumors had already reached him about the Midnight River Pack's Luna. She was said to be a formidable figure, credited with dragging the pack back from the brink of ruin and supporting her Alpha, who fought on the front lines. If her mate was called the "Beastly Alpha," then perhaps, without her knowledge, she had earned the title of "Iron-Fisted Luna."
But the Alpha King did not know that this nickname had nothing to do with her being a powerful warrior or dominant Luna. Addison's fearsome reputation came from her shrewdness in pack management, her relentless grip on trade, and her ironclad control over internal affairs, not from physical strength or battlefield prowess.
And because of these misconceptions—layered with assumption and rumor—the Alpha King had already drawn his own conclusions.
His chest tightened, a slow, heavy ache settling over him.
Had his daughter nearly lost her life... because of a misunderstanding?
