Broken by the Alpha, Reborn as Queen

mornings cooking eggs for my Alpha mate whil

f the bond, until the day my mother foun

Keyla murdered my m

ice, begging Garris

vidence. He looked at the m

guards, stepping over my mothe

all and publicly rejected me, severing our soul-bond

expected the weak, bloodli

pted the reject

erase my scent and threw myself

e bottom of a cliff, and rumors sa

kill me. It triggered the ancient,

Rogue mercenary army, I'm no lon

tes, and I won't stop unt

pte

ett

the skillet, searin

n't f

Pack house. It was certainly a more constant c

utine honed over three years of suffocating silence. I was the Luna of this pack by title, but here in

A glitch in the Mo

a claim that told every other male wolf to back off because I belonged to the Alpha. But Garrison

illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. Garrison sat at the head of the long mahog

t," I sai

mn

did you sleep?* Just a grunt of acknowle

undra. I closed my eyes and reached out with my mind, trying to find the thread that conn

ed about the merger?* I

rable barrier of mental stati

ck of my mind. She craved her other half, but he kept his

world had shifted. The scent of him-like rain-soaked earth and burning pine-h

ter with weak blood. He was the Alpha heir who needed a powerful L

oak doors

t became heavy, charged with a dominance

ixon wa

pheromones of a high-ranking Alpha female. She was the daughter of the neigh

purred. Her voice was like w

at me. To her,

a hand on his shoulder. I saw his muscles t

per. His voice held a warmth I hadn't hear

he chair next to him-my rightful place, if only I had the courage to claim it.

er the fabric of his shirt

mixed with her natural musk, trying to drown out my own scent in the room. It was a terri

at her, and for a second, I saw the calculation in his eyes. Keyla

nt no

voice dropping an octave. "When I pulled you out of the wreck

into guilt. "I owe you my lif

y mother always said memory was a tricky th

air scraped loudly

d at me, annoyed b

lear the plates

harp expression. "You do that, J

hed for Garrison's plate, Keyla shifted, "accidental

," she

exasperation. "Janette, just le

fl

door, and into the herb garden. The air here

She was the Pack Healer, a woman of earth and quiet wi

standing up and wiping her hands on

e again, Mom,"

Janette. But men... men are weak creature

out. He lets h

"Listen to me. You have a strength inside you that they cannot see

I whispered. "But

n your back. If they knew what you truly were, Janette, they wouldn't worship you. They would cag

trong. I felt like glass, alread

came to bed late. I

. He smelled of brandy and Keyla's r

He lay on the edge of

to scream. I wanted to claw at him and demand he acknowledge me. But the p

s from his spine. I could feel the heat

I whispered

d, his voice devoid of emotion

the window, watching the full moo

ose to wet the pillow. *Is this it? Is this my Luna's path?

, silver light that felt less like a bles