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ning room, past the portraits of dead ancestors and cold-eyed kings, pa

ng. I just needed to move...

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Wil

The sickening sweetness in her voice

fangs Pack, sat by and watched it all

l was no lo

in gold and sea

to the stairs, when I heard it, his footsteps.

voice cut through th

grabbed my wrist, not harshly, but firmly,

y, my expression carv

tight, frustration brewin

idn't have to

less. "I caused a scene? Becau

e muttered, dragging a

my status. Of everything I have sacrificed and ble

iefly. "You're making t

ngerously low. "And you are m

Alpha pride bristli

ce tight. "But Nova-she's new here. She's fragile. She's be

e's clever. Manipulative. And clea

oked. "She's an omega. You, of all peo

being an omega. I was born into a family of strong wolves-remember that? But no one ever protected me. You think I got here because someone handed

to deny it but couldn't. "Nova

"Why are the servants taking orders from her? W

this time. Like I was th

ants to be kind to her. I may have let her claim some things-your sitting r

nt s

u w

ng quarters, she's staying

y property?" My

permanently. You ha

"You've let her make a mockery of me in my own home. You humiliate me

threat to y

y chair, my quarters, my dignity-and now you stand

der freely in my home, as you allow her to stay here, you are making a joke out of my title. It was as if, the only th

t me with a

t to fight with

ds and prioritized explaining that Nova is

s to replace

narrowing. "You're letting

usy? You think I

dn't

s is about you. You don't want a Luna. You want a docile shadow who flinches when you rai

, Aurora?" he asked, voi

nd. A woman who earned her place. Not someone

n't re

en us stretched,

thing hard, my pulse

my voice quieter but firm. "But I will n

me for a long time

e turned hi

old me

t ready

I w

fury and pride. And with every inch I put between us,

he'd soon find that I was far more da