“He was the exalted Alpha of the pack, and I was the humble Luna by his side. The day I shielded him from a fatal blow, I lost my child-and with it, my chance to be a mother. As I lay dying in the hospital, he held his mistress in his arms, kissed her lips in full view of everyone, and draped my mother's heirloom around her neck. Brokenhearted, I decided to break our bond. "If you leave me, you won't last a day on your own," he sneered. But he didn't know- The claws I had hidden away once commanded fear and awe throughout the entire world. When I shed this facade, the entire pack would kneel and beg for my return.”