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aled letter to Lana. She slipped out o

. He would try to force the Mating

d to bu

y mother had meticulously recorded every jewel, every land deed, every

as running on my

, and I would make them pay for

inclair. He was the heir to the Sinclair Pack, which had been wiped

friend. My father had been entrusted with an artifact belonging to the

another day. Right now, I h

ned. "Go to the herb garden. I nee

would cause a harmless but alarming rash, and a type

ng to fei

sort through my land deeds and business con

my work that I didn't

Martha, Lady Betsey's so

arried trays laden with scented oils, incen

. "What is the m

has sent us to help you prepare for the evening. She says it is past time

. They were here to for

rs and rose to my

affairs become Lady

, but it was laced with the a

s flinched and t

ood her ground. "My Luna, this is the Alpha's wish

e Bennett's nam

lips. I didn't raise my

three... interfering with a Luna's private chambers without express invitation is an act of high ins

ir. The younger maids gasped,

pha would command such a breach of protocol is to slander his name. That is

osing, but no words came out. She had expected hysterics, perhaps a s

heir knees, terrified, be

sappear from my sight. N

ith a hateful glare, she gathered her maids and

ust the beginning

tt would co

be "sick" bef