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rush of heat flooded my veins. Deep within my soul, the dormant entity I had always believed was nonexistent

e world expl

rhythmic thumping of footsteps across the estate, the hushed whispers of servants, and then, a

t quarters across the court

etic submission of a broken Beta wife. "Cloyd just Mind-Linked me. He insists you step down.

lls, laced with the heavy, suffocatin

e. "How can you be so weak, Mother? You are a pureblood Beta wife, yet you cower and lick the toes of a Mistress just because Father comman

hter's dominant aura. Her quiet, defeated sobs filled the room

ly process the family drama, my newly awakened hearing latched onto another c

aren's sec

dripping with arrogance. "She won't compete. But Alexandria... sh

e slithered through th

aced with venom. "As for Alexandria... pureblood status m

you mean,

ll have it slipped into Alexandria's food on the day Luna Antonia arrives. It won't kill her, but it will temporarily paralyze her Inner Wolf. Her leg

e the Marking ceremony and become the Future Luna, I will use the Brewer Pack's warrio

ands against my temples, a cold sweat breaking out across my forehead. I had just uncovered

sensitive hearing outward, past the toxic walls of the Dowager's Estate, reaching toward the bustling Pack Marketplace. I needed to find a fa

expected, something that made my newly stirring White Wo