The Returned Luna
can
aura couldn't believe
to him. Even if they didn't mean as much to him as
wed low and beseeching, "
l snarled. "She doesn't des
s Basil's soldiers advanced on her and
a cried, "Ho
" Sara cried, struggli
ov
't do th
blocked her path as Sarah disappeared into the shadow
asil's contempt for her lowly status. The few who didn't were too bo
minister of the kingdom. He had only ever held Laura in contempt. His smile
blocked her path. Their eyes wer
, "Miss, go back to your pack. Your t
even give her a
did, where
had left Basil in charge of the kingdom's affairs, but Basil had not met his mate. He and the ministers had been
k within the kingdom. Her parents refused to even consider Laura as their heir and sent her to the ba
her. She smiled at everyone and had been exceedingly polite. She spoke with the brightest nobles of
he was the heir to the kingdom. Despite her shortcomings, he had chosen her and she had fallen for his handsome face and the thought that
riage had only ever been a means to gain more money and status. For a while, she tried to give them what they wanted, thinkin
Emerald Twilight Pack and never spoke to them again, devoting herself to her dut
learned
sil. Her parents had paid for it by bribing the
d a beautiful woman on his arm. She wasn't even sure if he cared
y been happy when she gave in during thei
, but it had only pushed her to do more. She had thought there had to be somethin
mates in the war, built schools for war orphans, and pushed to reclaim the farmland around the imp
for
, wearing Laura's gowns, hanging on his a
La
nowher
ad no
ay from Basil and the last three years of her life. The trees passed in a blur. The longer she
Her efforts, looks, and de
orthless
her knee and tearing her gown. As she lay in the
him, she was owed more court
r? She huffed, thinking back and feeling ridiculous. What else could she have expected of h
na! She doesn't d
with her pack and been content with her life: w
re: Basil, her parents, or herse
laugh, "How stupid, L
st have run beyond the orchard and into the forest behind the castle. She stood and p
he last time she had prayed? Perhaps this w
udge me fair
ing of some worth in the world. She had just wan
carrying with it the scents of the orchard and maybe t
ly wanted to have the best of everything to announce finding hi
time and money? She bet Basil would never t
and forced those thoughts as
to the wind. "
g, capable, and smarter than those idiots. If that smelly j
of joy that came with thinking of her fated mate, but she couldn't
ffled,
e who will not mourn us and is not ours. Pe
thout provisions. Even if she had supplies, what about the vampires
ur mate. He will find you. The goddess has not forsaken us. We are not
First, rejected
re was nothing for her in the kingdom any longer. P
ace and squared
a felt someone coming up beh
e strength she had in her legs vanished as she skidded over the edge a
s the craggy rocks of the canyo
pain the
he was