Reborn: The Alpha's Regret and the Serpent's Queen

, but for me, it felt like walking to the gallows. I stood on t

g that she and Jacob were in love. Jacob didn't deny it. He looked at me with

efective incubator" locked in a room. I remembered the bruises that never healed and the fi

ather sneered, pointing to the back of the room where the "lesser" clans sto

e. They didn't realize they were

ard the darkest corner of the room. There sat Draco,

d to smash through the burning b

ignored the gasps of the

oose

pte

ice

ne and desperation. It was Mating Ceremony day, the Super Bowl

t like walking

Not from nerves, but from phantom agony. I knew the scrip

ed the locked doors, the bruises that never healed, and the c

er, p

ceremonial drums. The crowd gasp

sister. The fami

s feet, her designer dress crumpli

r voice bouncing off the vaulted ceiling. "We... Jaco

sil

ob. She'd married a wealthy Fox shifter, only to seethe with jealousy when I became Luna. She s

oo. And she thinks sh

roared, turning purple. He

g. He stepped forward, letting his heavy Alpha au

e dripping with fake remorse. "Bella a

ured Bella, the healthy, spoiled princess, was a safer bet than Clarice, the 'wea

ed. "Step aside. Release

n't a

arice." "Humiliated by her o

split my face. *They think they're ruining me. They

my voice steady. "If it's love, I won'

tears. He wanted a scen

e on. "But the law stands. You can'

back, where the "lesser" clans stood.

ed. "Maybe a cold-blooded creatu

ppled throu

a fever that never broke. I craved something else.* My gaze

dows clung to him like a second skin. Pale,

g of the S

who tried to smash through the burning beams. I remembere

wolves. Past Jacob, who w

in front

wet dog and musk. He smelled like rain hitting ho

ea

ls glowed with inner light. The temp

" His voice was a low rasp,

d. *"I've never

my hand. "I

usic

oon Pack, choose Draco of t

mouth quirked up-a predator acknowledging

ring over me.

touched, the fever in my blood broke, repla

spered in my head.

closer. "Accep