The Fake Luna: Marked By The Alpha King

a's

office, voices drifted t

an's

es-right

and raw. "You fe

t friend!He c

trip short and rushing home would mean w

owed everything the Silve

s who wrinkled their noses when I pass

eyes when I spoke, because a human had no

o be the first human Luna in living memory.

earned their customs, memorized every unwritten r

the Moon Goddess had chosen me. B

ieved

eing betrayed by my best friend a

oing to get rid

d. I'm tired of pretending." Clara

se my human body supposedly couldn't handle pregnancy,

raised was Ethan and Clara's biological c

Ethan sighed. "Ju

s finances are stable because of her work. Once w

l then? Keep playing victim wh

t a tool. Once we've squeezed ever

wait to h

d the d

s desk, her blouse undone,

iving into her as she gasped against his

e want to

y voice sliced through

nearly falling off the desk. Ethan jerked up

orframe, arms crossed,

account. I'd hate

be here," Ethan sai

ice shaking with rage."I thi

for months. You convinced me the Moon Goddess chos

lways loved Clara,"Ethan said flatl

d you for one last meeting as Luna. After that, we'll

The word tast

your Pack's business portfolio.And now you want to

adjusting her clothes

y, no packs? Where else would you have ended up? If you're smar

mo

the threat, my hand fisting in her golden hair

ting it hard enough to make me gas

hrough my spine. Pain exploded in my

t blue eyes ice cold. "Touch her

it harder t

hest cracked. Not my

ng. My tailbone throbbed where I'd hit the

ret this," I said qu

out before either of

ore my legs gave out. I sank ont

y tolerated, of believing that one day the Bonding Ceremony woul

s protection. I had thought he

lanned to cl

when my p

cond I almost let it go to voicemai

el

ria Smith?" A crisp, profe

eak

tate. I represent the late Mr. Vincent Smith." A pause. "Miss Smith, I'

hink you have the wrong person. My father-I do

was your biological father. His will names you the sole heir to the entirety of the Smith fami

d went v

had built an empire inside the wolf world, the one

hat can't

parties are already contesting the will. It would be in y

re I even knew I'd decided. "Today

the paperwork." A brief rustle of pages. "Just to confirm our records

seemed to til

I repeat

ion of any kind. Shoul

g through. A marriage certificate Ethan had waved in front

had ever

o years my voice didn't shake. "The file i

building, at the window where the two of t

a who they'd ju

nce ha