a's

's voice echoed through the room the moment

, and tried to hold myself toget

snapped. "You were rude to

was I rude?" I asked softly, trying

this marriage. If you're tired of it, just say it. Of course, you won

he words hit har

rs to you?" I whispered

in my face. "Your heart? What business do I have with that? The

slid to m

, every bit of it. But not anymore, not from a man who

dare remove my hand again,"

y face again. My mind screamed for air, but he didn't care

trying to remind me who held the power. I turned my h

I bit his

ing back in ange

d finish, a voice

g to tell you," Selen

p, straightened his shirt, and hissed, "You've grown wings,

ut before I

oor s

d I sat on the edge o

im," Elly, my wolf, growled insid

he would change. I thought after everything, afte

ll. We should have left the moment

Luna. I was just a shadow in his life, a

lf, I'd stop caring. I'd foc

g, breaking

ered, forcing m

Liam's calm voice came through. "

n a jiff," I rep

g. A Luna should never show weakness. I changed into a soft lavender dr

through the hallway toward the office. The golden light fell thro

rd laughter

's voice rang out. "No matter how

nds laug

heir voices didn't sting like they us

another girl sneered. "The real Luna

. I wouldn't give th

ood quietly, waiting for Liam. My ph

the hallway ent

continued, lo

but a bed war

one s

"Let me out, Aria. Just once. Le

d in my mind. "N

e. When the pain of rejection became too heavy, I ran deep into th

e boomed behind me. "

scurried away, mumblin

e a sympathetic smile. "I

g not to care. "Wha

There are rogues spotted

ightly. "And what

, hesitation in his voice. "He has... so

bitterness. "Of

"I've already gathered a few

said, my t

e training field where the warriors w

stunning today. You should dress like t

Thank you, Liam. But titles don't

something like pity, or mayb

weapons in hand, tension thick in the air. The late afternoon

e was firm, the voice of a Luna, e

rder. The air grew colder, and the

that?" I whisp

's off. The scent isn't just r

. Low, deep, spreadi

ons!" I

bbed a fallen branch, and swung hard, straight to t

ed it hard in the jaw, then used my momentum to st

claws out, while the warr

wolf out. I didn't need her strength to

ue fell, my hands were b

fell sil

"That was too orga

They weren't here to kil

g us fo

ck forest beyond the cl

moved. The kind of silence that comes onl

quietly in my mind

rawled up

. The forest was dark now, the last o

I said quietly. "N

naling the warri

but I could still feel it, eyes

't loo

n't n

there, it wasn't