Get Back The Abandoned Luna

lett

scent befor

xander's scent, the one I thought

t seared my senses, leaving me frozen beneath the arche

ughter rang out, strings played melodiously-everyone was celebratin

over three years, with blood and swe

have been the guest of honor, still

ded with crushed diamonds-I had des

omorro

arly told me the victory cel

ring this afternoon's fitting, I would still be sitting

er three seconds, then let my gaze swe

impeccable in his tailored suit, his hand

had already forgotten the fact that s

rved in that all-too-familiar smile-the kind of satisfied smirk that

turated her

un

, sending ripples through the previously calm

ballroom instan

d abruptly. Champagne bottles suspend

e toward me from all

say the Luna was

them are he

ng un

ow my husband had placated the

t move

ousness-not anger, but something deeper, something tha

w, his steps hurried, using his ta

ure eyes scanning over me as he low

r timing is...

didn't need to question him. Guilty cons

ing to that official cadence he used to placate subordinates in Council meetings-not the voice one used with a wif

ssur

laughed

was actually discussing my own identit

ly abandoned by Faye, marginalized by his own pack, standing at the ga

he one to wa

chos

rought

erger of our two territories a

ach dissatisfied elder one by one, even letting ever

molded him into w

g "assurances" upon me as if ev

usness, demanding I tear apart this ungrateful man before me. But I forced mysel

xand

uch dead silence, everyone in the ba

es directly, making each word clear and forceful. "So I'll only say t

ilence sur

tently, his jaw clenched tight, his eyes ho

fort and panic that only surfaces when forced to co

moment, that intoxica

three years, I saw fea

d, fear of returning to the state of havi

ice somewhat hoarse, "you don't unde

ly," I cut him off, t

doned you. I understand that you've let everyone in the pack know I've been kept in the dark. And I

nd Alexander, her green ey

s so aggressive. Can't

my lips curving

t how you seduced a married man? Or how gra

, the atmosphere in the bal

their breath, waiting to see