Forsaken Luna, Cherished by the Rival Alpha King

na's

an underground werewolf hangout

ppearances. The place smelled of beer and cigarette smoke, and heavy m

e booth and pushed a glass of

ok a long drink before lowering her voi

e glass and took a deep swallow. The whiskey burned all the way down. "He

t. "Excuse me, I'm gonna use t

umbled over to the table. Cheap liquor clung to both of the

t across his cheek, and his teeth were stained yellow. "Haven't seen you a

ched for my

fore grabbing an empty

om against the edge. Before he could react,

ut the sound of breaking glass still caugh

nd kept my voice flat. "Go ahead and test me. We'll find

llowed and glanced down at the broken glass against his skin, then back

cleaned my hands with a napkin,

ed my debit card from my bag a

and ran it thro

beep, and a red light f

ough." The bartender sli

a credit card, and han

flashed r

me this time, the polite smil

friendly now. "Looks like every acco

that in, the heavy door

through the room, along wi

seemed to fade into the b

th Lila holding ti

of the Stormclaw Pack. Their expensive suits and formal dress

away. "Well, look who

rby to hear. "You've been gone for one day,

be she just wanted to see how everyone else lives. But if you froze a

ooked down at me like he'd already

iently. "I froze the accounts. Call it a les

eached fo

the faint red marks showing benea

me-still more than half full-and threw

Ice cubes struck his chest before sliding

e bar wen

he immediately started wiping the alcohol from Ethan's face.

. "And stop acting like freezing my accounts is supposed to make me come running back to

aside, and his Alpha aura hit me wit

of his dominance. My knees almost gave out, but I bit down h

his move, the bartender hurried

on the counter and pushed it toward

red a

ether. Who in Stormclaw territory would dare pay for th

her?" Ethan

urned slightly and looked toward a pr

e and peered into

rely any lig

the faint red glow of a li

ting quietly i

etween his fingers, with his wr

, I could make out his dark gr