ar

is pre

ng to process Alexander's words. The sincerity on his face told me he wasn't

r the smirk, the punchline, the s

s were stea

ver, but he'd also given her what I

h

ream ripped from me b

explai

ery time his wolf mated with someone else, my body paid the price. And

he caught my wrist mid-air.

controlled calm, "don't d

through me. "L

enough to draw blood. "If you challenge my author

t

toge

t h

for our mate's acceptance for three years. Begged, compromise

etallic taste ris

naming

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t panicked. His wolf flinched

Luna of Crescent

eer disbelief. "You claim to love me

tened. "I di

's wo

isten to me. The pack needs an

rder than the in

coul

was a moral failure, a

e," I breathed, voice shaki

essuring us. Our allies are watching. I can't risk Cre

wn?" I r

e. Not Luna. I need both.

in his words, makin

the womb mistress," I whisp

tic. She's just c

pens after sh

ce was a

d always

uld alway

racking. "I won't stand besi

d painfully. "There wil

hy

alf the pack becomes loyal to you,

as-finally

lo

devo

nt

w. "So I'm your safet

hissed. "And you do

it another curse,

r opened

ll of her stomach-barely visible, but deliberately accentuated. Her hair was

tly, stepping inside. "I was w

you look pale. I didn't mean to disturb you two. I just worry I've caused

ng softly. The gesture was sub

ve him. Look wh

ly. "Painful? No. What's painful is

ession f

ld belongs to the pack-and to me as Luna. You wil

ked her perfect mask th

d her belly, gas

der-my

to her i

e sick wasn

was

houlder, "be careful how you spea

r h

our

ugh that I missed it. "Faye, don't listen to her. Yo

downstairs, forcing myself to keep my chin high-I was Luna and yet eyes followed me

Luna couldn

reason why the A

good thing Faye was t

y our

i

st I wanted th

ned once, that someone sabotaged my heat

Not after he paraded her like a

e. I shut the door, locked it,

e and called the Wo

avor and even left a voicemail to ca

ation-I could my lo

t pick u

oned in ever

familiar na

ha

Faye's pregnant. He plans to raise the p

as heavy. "Scar

me," I whispered.

ternal pack affairs. Not unless ther

at-infidelity is fine as l

lly.

s rights? Do I lose e

Alpha yourself. But the council hasn't

ugh men vote

o corrected. "A female Alpha

and couldn't help but le

you secured backing from the strongest

hade Alpha,

ected, and impossi

ul, Scarlett. Once you

kno

ung

ears burned at the corners of my e

are you

didn't

d had crushe

to my chest. "Don

l no

eadied

e couldn't fi

documents-pack laws, council regulati

ighting sections, circling loopholes, s

ted power-I woul

control-I wou

legacy-I woul

ok, but not

cla

d no options. Alexande

who he had just

o might help-Kathleen's brother. The on