a's

visit him since our last encounter on the full moon night and yet again, his guards had refused to let me i

ed was slowly bec

face his wrath but then how can they be punished when he

lly but the only time I had felt th

ing from the Alpha's chambers. A ceremony, again, was about to take place and the entire pack member

walking towards the center of the

eremony where the alpha would choose hi

ory repeating itself. Why hadn't he told me abou

ragged and worn, and I knew I would stick out like a sore thumb among the pack's finest, Kaida.

position of the Luna of Ember Pack as well as have my sta

day to take part in the alpha's choosing ceremony," the speaker said enthusiastically. "Now, le

he female werewolves who had already sampled themselves for him. He ran his

owledged and invited to the clearing. I mean, if he dismissed every one of them,

ated in a corner, dressed in the most attractive dres

hoose you, Kaida, as my ma

s dumbfounded. My breathing came in short an

rayed me and played me for a fool. How could I not have seen that this was his plan from the onset? All he

ou can't choose her!' I gestured at Kaida who was

on his face. "Oh, Lyra," he said with con

heavily as I let the tears grow in my ey

was a lie, Lyra. I never loved you. I n

in tears, unable to

d a daughter of traitors. You are not worthy of being my Luna

along but didn't say a word about it. He knew s

, Colin," I spat a

oth. Don't beat yourself up much, Lyra. I enjoyed the moment," he mocked. "I'm a

ke her away," he ordered. "S

elt this way before. Something inside me snapped and I felt my body began to shift, with my limbs shortening and my senses hei

he shocked faces of the pack members and Alpha Colin's jaw dropped in disbelief

I took off, runnin

lpha Colin's voice. "Bring her back!"