BEAUM

rce. He snatched the parchment f

hing, Celina!" he roared, his Alp

my veins, a legacy from my Beaumont father, allowed

dare, do you? Because you, and your entire pac

fury. He raised his hand, th

lm. "Go on. Strike me. Let the entire kingdom see that the great champ

was shaking with rage, but h

especially one from a prominent pack li

n't forget, Celina, I can perform The Rejection at any

final, path

ort an Alpha who casts aside his faithful wife for a mistress,

rushing into the room. She immedi

Bennett back. She turned to me, her tone dripping with false sympathy. "Celina

, my eyes like

ld's sake. It changes nothing for you. You will always be

mother and son, lost in their gree

d at me, stunne

aid, my voice now devoid of all emotion. "You s

r of my father. My dignity is not s

lute finality. "A pack has one Luna. That i

gaze sweeping over

giving you one

from Carlisle lands, forever. And I will pret

locked my eye

ords hang in the air. "We proce

tion. It is her, or i

rned and walked out of the room, lea

ttlefield, and th

tever they chos

n, I would have my dignity, a

uld be free of this rotten fam

me with wide, worried eyes. "My

ft two documents. One is an expulsion order for Dai

ing, painting the sky in shades of blood

one who woul