The leak of the Luna of the Alpha

pte

not a direct blow, but a succession of Estocades, each more vicious than the previous one, until it arrives at this precise

s was only an ordinary matter. "You knew what to expect, Lisb

tly. "Maybe not. But it's not me who is ma

for three years. Three years spent carrying the title of Luna, not by choice, but by decree of Sylvia, the matriarch of their c

union had been an obligation, a duty, a sacrifice to seal a fragile peace between the packs. But hearing

the polished parquet of the manor, but she made no noise. She knew the consequences if we surprised her. Kieran was no

almost that the walls collapsed under her chest. Lisbeth's words echoed in his mind

bed a travel bag and quickly filled it. Some clothes, a folded photo of her missing parents, an old money pendant she had kept like a talisman. Her gaz

ted her to turn around, but she held back. It was not Kieran. It was ne

He asked, his low voice a

inue putting her bag away.

ias gently closed the door behind him. "Do you thin

nfirmed what she already knew. Kieran would not tolerate his desertion. The pack

she whispered, more f

serious expression. "This is

sparkling eyes of challenge. "

was enough for her to know. Mathias wa

," he said finally. "Once you

ndifference that she did no

he was trying to guess if she was bluffin

everything would change. She would become a fleeting, a pariah. But she preferred thi

ld floor. The silence of the forest enveloped him, and for the first time, she felt a semb

her. A strange, almost electric feeling, which pulled it back. Breaking this link

nched: "You had three years to prove that

nd disappeared in the night