tin

the Royal Study, perfectly mirroring the punishment the Alpha King had in

servant. My pristine, custom-made military uniform felt suffocating, and my Inner Wolf pace

ber and ambergris, but it was thick

y collar, my

issued the Royal Decree allowing her to be my Co-Luna. I was supposed to be welcomed as a conquering

stepped out, his face set in a flawless, impenetrable p

ite nod. "His Majesty is overwhelmed with urgent state mat

? Beta Alton, I was summoned. Did the Blood

ed perfectly guarded. "His Majesty's moods are tied to the he

ared with hot, stinging humiliation. I spun on my heel and marched down the op

as boiling over. I had spent all of yesterday wrapped in Brenna's warm, passionate embr

g caught the low, careless murmurs of two

one whispered. "Stood in the blazing sun f

r Crawford's daughter. Guess she s

blood roare

s

ed, instantly pieci

d off to the palace. She had used her dead father's name to cry to the Alpha King, begging him to revoke

onto my horse, digging my heels into its sides, and spurred

ght through the corridors like a hurricane and violently kicked open

instantly filled with my furious scent-my natural cologne heavily polluted

sive, crushing wave of my Alpha

herself in front of Isla, her entire body trembling violently

The crushing weight of my Alpha's Command seemed to wash over her like a gentle breeze. She j

ed, her voice perfectly steady,

sobbed, terrified I wa

, her tone absolute. Effa reluctant

spat, pointing an accusing finger at her. "You couldn't handle the truth, so you r

ly trailed her gaze up to my face. "I did no

e this perfect, submissive Luna, but the second my back is turned, you scheme to destroy my happiness. You

for the tears, the desperate apolo

ly dead. She didn't formally Reject me yet, but she severed her end of the emotional connect

t me not with anger, but as i