from the hospital moved uneasily, their gazes alternating between Lyra, Thorne, and Elara. Elara, still patting the dog ne

emarks were short and seemingly perfunctory, as if he recognized a small an

. "Fortunate? "I fought tooth and claw to get back to this pack, to you, and you stand here with...her, spea

mbers, drowning out their frightened muttering. "Silence, Lyra," he said, his

k that nearly killed me is that theatrics, Alpha?" Her stare penetrated him, hoping to get a glimpse of the guy she kne

perhaps Luna" Lyra is still dazed from her injuries. "It must be extremely

once been, now a gaping hole. "The bond is gone, Lyra," Thorne said, his voice cold and cutting her off. "It was severed when you were almost dead. Such severe damage may sever the relationship." H

ust in the solitude of the hospital but also in the main hall, w

ou believe this story? Her gaze shifted to Elara, who now seemed to be quite engaged in the puppy she was patting. "And she is your second

ocus on Lyra, stiffening his expression. "That's enough, Lyra. Elara has just accepted th

ot a falsehood. It was a cold, indisputable reality. This was more than just a replacement; it

ng her eyes and distorting Thorne's expression. "O

on as if Lyra were a child having a tantrum. "But fate took a different co

ent in the Guest Den. She'll need rest and time to heal. Her r

iliation. Thorne had just publicly dismissed her, not as a mate,

ung warrior who had been among the first to approach her, averted his sight, his

he shifted her gaze from Thorne's hard expression to Elara's deceptively kind featu

foreshadowed future wrath. "You think you can just... sever a bond, discard

he Moon's command, Lyra. And I do

rd, her eyes meeting Elara's. "You're foll

es shone with a chilly, almost victorious light. It was an unmistakable appearance. This was

a note of steel in it. The two warriors went to each

struggle was not here, not now, and especially not

ss in her eyes anymore, only a hard, blazing determination. He had taken her of everyt

ould discover the truth behind Elara's abrupt entrance. And

his new Luna behind. The last thing she heard, borne by the thick air, was Elara's g

asn't just about her anymore. This was about duplicity at the core of the Moonstone Pack. And she wo

inside, that the cos