From Banished Luna To Supreme Queen

a's

nt Pack had cost me my dignity. Every day brought fresh humiliation,

ved my loyalty. "If he could send you to the Nocturne Pack and leav

head, I replied, "H

e sky before I finished s

y whole body hurt. A letter lay at my door, b

nic to banish me to the Nocturne Pack three years ago.

fore I fall asleep each night, he comforts me and says he couldn't bear to live without me. I've never doubted h

envy and bitterness th

we could finally put the res

hday arrived thre

ic with orders for me to re

ce in three years had he asked me to come home

d the bedroom we'd once shared and

ges of pregnancy. His palm lay gently against her belly, and the t

nized my sis

"Isn't Kiera due back today? Sho

e with you. The baby's nearly here. Don't worry about

heir to the Crescent Pack, D

she'd meant in her letter. He

ng ring he'd slipped onto my

ip had left me too th

finger, and I no longer se

a smile. He brought it to her swollen belly and d

o denying h

with Dominic and wondering whether I could make pe

came. This wasn't where I could let myself cry.

ght ther

voice, backed by the for

ew I was

h my legs at once, bu

nd seized my wrist with enough force

n his eyes. Taking a deep breath, I struggled

s that your idea of being a Luna? Without Thalia pleading your case, you'

ed me as I st

ovely life you've made together? So I could stand by while she carries your

face. "Where are you g

asked me to come home. Then you finally sent for me, and I came running because I thought yo

as though he might ans

made to me stop mean

screaming, and my

lace," he replied impatiently. "Being away for three years doesn't

nted me home because you missed

r came f

ying alive in the Nocturne Pa

Crescent Pack, a worthless Luna w

cohol onto the ground, I cleaned it up on my knees. Belts had las

hing but a title remained, and ev

cold certainty. There was noth

my hand out of his grip, I spoke without raising my

ate. His pupils tightened, a

breath. "Let me make myself clear, Kiera. Our mate bond isn't being severed.

d almost mad

ears, he somehow thought he co

th her life so I coul

iera. After all those years on her own, can you blame her for being upset? I'm t

arent offer of peace, but the smu

ee years ago, when she'd made ev

new better tha

ch, I pushed her

sent her stumb

e lost her footing and

the white fabric between he

the hall went

he silence. "Dominic, p