Reborn Luna: Rejecting My Cruel Alpha

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ghost that had haunted her for years, and now Seraphina had given it a voice. She checked the lock

her in his arms, his big body a shield against the world. "It's okay," he m

with calculation. She couldn't afford to let Seraphina live. The risk was too great. A cre

e... it's like she wants to kill me. I'm worried she'll do something to hurt herself... or someone e

hat cliff at the edge of the Thorne territory, isn't there? The one the

ior, the thought of her harming herself sent a sharp, unwelcome pang t

, stage a "tragic accident" or a "suicide attempt," and permane

muscles burning as I worked through a series of combat drills.

rn. "Lilith is really worried about you," she said, her voice dripping with insincerity. "She thought

In my past life, Lilith had used similar ploys to lead

oice hesitant and fragile. "I... I don't know i

aken the bait. "Of course! She'll unde

ime, the predator would be t

t as a shadow in the dense undergrowth. The wind carried their scents to me long before I saw them.

future Luna, was colluding with packle

fered a clear view of the cliff's edge. Lilith was pacin

runted, a hulking male with a scarr

ompletely gone. "She'll be here. Just do what yo

voice cut through the

ir faces. I had emerged from the woods

wisted her lips. "Kill her," she hissed at

d, flexing their claws

eed and strength I was only just beginning to understand. I dodged the first Rogue's clumsy lunge, spinn

d male grabbed my arm, his grip like a stee

igh, cruel sound. "

ng in the fading light, aiming for my face. I bra

ere was a sickening crunch as a powerful kick sent

with fury. He had been on patrol, his route taking him

h. Disgust and shock warred on his handsome face. Without a word, he moved wit

he future Luna of his pack, who was now frozen in place, her face a mask of pu

it looks like," she stammered, her voice shrill with p

truth from deception in the heat of combat. He looked at me, my clothes torn but my eyes blazing with def

oice a low, steady rum