Broken Luna

the polished wood. Moonlight spilled through the ba

leaned against the frame, arms crossed, watching h

look at him.

ut w

into a half-smile. "About

already won, Kylie. The cou

lear? You call this clear?" Her gaze darke

ned. "You're

ed a bro

tepped closer,

assed through her eyes-a flash of fear? Re

she said softly, her smile

rching. "You don't wa

pped the railing, staring into the endless dark. "

ot the

, quietly: "N

furrowed. "What

ind lifted her hair, tangling

nder growled ove

ast, her voice calm and chilling.

pped forwar

"Go. Sleep. You've d

ated, leaving her alone

ed her forehead against the coo

e whispered to the night

arried like wildfire through the halls. Someth

mber, her eyes blazing as she threw a file onto t

picking up the fi

bribed three council members to vote

room. Brandon closed the

say not everyone's loyal

watching wolves gather below. Her lips pressed

ot fit t

's the

en carry the

through the air,

"They're questioning you," he said breathlessl

hrowing her cloak over her

ted. "What's th

k and unreadable. "We remind them wh

nse hush. Elders sat in a half-circle, their faces stony.

voice grave. "We demand an explanatio

delayed nothing. And as for deception-

folder onto the t

up, cold and calculating. "Proof

. "Kylie, they're right

ing from her voice. "Won't it? Or are you

gh the chamber. Bra

orne pressed. "Without an heir, your

ped, her control finally cracking. "An

exchanged g

nrise," Thorne declared

Brandon lingered. "

yalty," Kylie hissed.

ened. "You're playi

warm against his ear. "Danger," s

, cracks were forming. And outside, under the rising sun, t

r-like a storm waiting to break. Kylie sat at the head of the table, regal

h the quiet. "We've deliberated

"Final?" she repeated, he

ed. "You swore loyalty to the pack. Yo

ed," someone muttere

speaker, sharp as a blade. "

you don't conceive an heir by the next full moon, your claim to Luna is vo

ndon, standing behind

a slow, deliberate smile.

. "Without an heir, the pack w

, they're right. The council won't wait forever. Y

m the corner of her eye. "Oh, Brandon," she purr

ion darkened. "Th

ered, her smile f

zing. "You wanted power, Kylie. Now prove you d

floor. Her gaze swept over them all, fierce and defiant. "You

ws drew toget

, her voice low and chilling, "d

rode out of the chamber, her heels cli

, carrying with it whisp

ders exchanged