Thorn

look in my eyes. A flicker of fear replaced her victory, and

was a hollow cavern of pain, but I took a deep, steadying breath. When I spoke, my voice wa

on," I began, my voice carrying to every corne

ommand and a mother's gentle concern. "But

behind Ryker, dabbing at her dry eyes with the back of her hand. "Luna, I am so sorry," s

could see it working; some of the younger, more impressionable wolves wer

re accusing me of frightening

tears and quivering lip, and a humo

,* Kara snarled in my mind.

replied, and took a singl

f an Alpha's command, but something older, deeper. It was the innate, unshakeable authority that flowed t

avy. The pack member

r throat. The color drained from her fa

my voice became as sharp as a shard o

er from her Luna. Faye flinched as

ntire pack. "The celebration is over. Ev

f pack gatherings, the welfare of o

to disobey a direct order from me. They began to quietly pack

with fury. "Selene!

, ensuring the pack's morale is my responsibility. And your

k's own laws gave the Luna the authority to disperse a gathering if she deemed it was no lon

triumph being dismantled, o

of warmth, that the words died on her lips.

ed away into the darkness of the forest, leaving the three of us s

e Luna. I was still the one in charge. I had seized control of t

filled with five years of love curdling into bitter disappointment. Then, wit

roud, Ryker's furious voice echoed in the

y was a thought to my inner wolf