The Luna He Rejected Is The Millennium Wolf

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king into my knees until the bone ached. My legs simply quit while white static flick

grand openin

gh I knew the life he described was gone, I

deliers were aggressive, casting a clinical light that turned the wine stain on my bodice into a jagged, cri

ienna. Four

y wolf, stirred. A moon symbol flared against the back of my hand, branding my skin with a

blur of a forest floor, and Lucas laughing as he chased me through the tall grass when

at?" The words came o

me, though I didn't need to look because the scent reached me first

I

toward the rim with every swaying step she took. She took her time, letting her gaze crawl down my body with a

oked under my jaw, forcin

ruel twitch pulling at the corne

It soaked through the thin silk instantly, clinging to my skin like a second, co

in the front row, quickly rolling throug

of disgust filling my mouth while a quiet,

of her perfume, "that Alpha Lucas would choose you, a fated mate?" She let out a soft, ai

e needles of ice sl

r toward the dais. Lucas stood there with his arms barred across his chest, watchin

I thought, looking a

ing sure every syllable was sharp and distinct. "Keep your m

g into slits while her nostrils flared into the exact expression s

h a blurred, u

olliding with the floor with a dull, sickening

aving servants frozen with their

om with eyes wide and brimming with staged moisture. She waited for

and jagged. "She hates me, and she can't

mphant smirk flickered across her face, bu

e, his presence acting as a physical weight while the bond between us-the golden thread I had felt since childhood

y corner of the hall, causing the lower-ranked wolves in the room to bow the

h infinitely more tender a

oat. This was the boy who used to promise he would b

my teeth together until the pressure sent a copper tang of blood

orthless omega," a voic

he side of the future

raw sandpaper. "I get it, you hate me. I'

ence was

ne of elders, the rhythmic thump

ver stones. "Were you planning to finish the job, w

withered throat, was an almost physical pull. But I knew the cos

lurred in

t exploding across my cheek and sending my head snapping to the sid

ping my jaw shut un

ing so violently I had to ball them

manners?" Morrigan asked, her tone ligh

llery, to anyone but the girl he had once loved. "She will perform every duty assigned to

ward his father at the dais while Ivy

n, Sienna," he called back over his sh

er whisper intentionall

er eyes fixed on me. "She's my sister-I know she res

one last, j

t had been sewn shut. The breaking bond flared inside my ribs in a paradox of fir

fate the Moon Go

digging into the meat of my arms like talons. I fo

deep, smug satisfaction, but I kept my head high until

heartbeats before Adri

t! To th

raft slipped under my wet gown, turning my skin to gooseflesh as I couldn't stop the image of Lucas's hands

servant said, her voice flat with boredom. "

" the second one

rrected, shoving me toward a door. The wood wa

at the last second and spun around, laughing again, loud

er with a flash of genuine confusi

footsteps echoing until they

my chest and beating with the steady rhythm of a sec

cobwebs brushing against my face like ghostly fingers. I wiped them

rookedly on the wall, and I walked

ger, her cheek an angry, swelling

ver. My hair lifted as if caught in an invisible updraft while the moon mark on my hand

e is comi

olid thing in my mind-w

ead from the terrifying hope of it. I looked

the empty room. "Rejection kills the soul,

nswer

, blackness flooding in before I fell, the thin,