Chapter 144

Simon's POV The first full week of the female training program had just ended, and the shift in the air was impossible to miss. When I walked past the training grounds that afternoon, I had seen them, over a dozen she-wolves, sweat streaking their faces, muscles straining, moving through the drills Lenny had set. No hesitation. No apologies. Just raw focus. And at the center of it all, Aisha. She wasn't barking orders or dominating the space, she didn't need to. Her presence alone commanded attention. They looked at her the way new warriors look at their Alpha, with trust and the quiet fire of wanting to make her proud. I had never been more certain of anything, she had changed the course of this pack. By the time she came back to our quarters, the sun was sinking low, casting deep gold through the windows. She pushed the door closed behind her and leaned against it, breathing out hard. "Tired?" I asked. Her smile was small, but it reached her eyes. "The good kind. They didn't quit onc