Reborn Luna: Rejecting My Cruel Alpha

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final, chilling embrace that promised an end to the pain. The air in the Blackwood dungeons was thick

Lilith. His hands, the same hands that had once held me, were tangled in her honey-blonde hair. And on his neck, where my mark s

a's. The sounds of our children, moments before the Rogue

necting with my ribs with a dull thud. "Stop fakin

had barely ever felt, gave a final, mournful whimper and then...

a, and up at the sliver of moon visible through a high window. *Moon Goddess,*

swallowed

uffocating pressur

lungs. I was drowning. Panic seized me, raw and primal. Thrashing, my hand broke

hing, spitting out mouthfuls of freezing lake

ay? You nearly sc

ceptively concerned voice. I knew

brown eyes wide with feigned worry, was Lilith Vane. But she was younger. So much young

ncern, but with a familiar, biting impatience. He looked seventeen again, lean and powerful, the future

of the scars and calluses of a life of servitude. My arms were un

ld.* The voice was like silver bell

hat licked through my veins, burning away the last vestiges of the weak, lovesick girl I had been

ecoil, her hand pulling back a

said, his voice laced with that commanding Alpha tone

rambled to her feet, apologizin

id

idn't avert my gaze. I didn't cower. I looke

ke. They were used to my quiet, timid presence, my desperate attem

d, Ryker's cousin. His amber eyes were steady, unreadable, as he stepp

t was the first act of kindness I had receive

hey would become: the murderers of my children, the architects of my demise. A blood oath f

ped forward, her hand outstretched. "Sera, let us

my voice low but carrying in the

her eyes instantly welled with tears as she turned her wo

they would. He stepped in front of her, a shield of

ainst me, and a bitter, cold smile touched my lips. It was

tighter around my shoulders, turned my back on them, and began the

e at my back. I could feel his confusion. Somethi

sound I had never heard before, a promise of power that had

her soul. Not Ryker's. Hers. "