na

or, drawing every pair of eyes in th

r scarlet-painted nails scratched fran

nse are you s

stepmother has such a poor memory, let me refresh it for you. Twenty yea

blood vanished from Burdell's face. Like a beast step

you permission to

d my voice so it carried to th

oble Pack Alpha was in a private villa outside the city walls, keepin

ndoning a pureblooded Luna during labor to bed a mistre

row pressed a lace handkerchief to

er Lady Emmalee died of

voice cracking into a shrill screech

ood on my name! What

her panic piece by piece. "The greatest

ing the silence stretch until

l," I stated slowly and clearly. "Yet Carmen was born five months after my mother's death-one month before your wedding. And a

k in before deliver

ave conceived her approximately nine months earlier. That means you wer

etta's ashen face, my voic

who climbed onto the Luna's thr

l was dead silent. Then, the crowd e

the Rich Pack was an u

bastard while the true Lun

h Concetta earlier immediately took three steps bac

her mind. With a piercing shriek, she lunged at me with b

ch, I'll rip yo

foot, I used basic joint-locking mechanics to catch her wrist mid-air, twisted her

went numb. Losing her balance, she crashed face-first onto

red and cha

you lay a hand

imp wrist away and l

her way up with an illegitimat

burning as he looked from his sprawlin

uds. He had just rejected me for Carmen, only to le

t through his teeth, "is this

the heavy red velvet curtains and carved wooden screen

e perfume, I caught a faint, sour scent com

y curled into

eplace me with Carmen so desperately. Have you never wondere

pression

e screen, my voice droppi

recious bride-to-be how long s

Silver Hall

tain, Carmen let o