You're Not the Right Luna for Me

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aroline's hand rests on my arm. Her nails dig in

rs like a perfectly tailored jacket. It's custo

ning," Caroline whispers,

ally. "Just thinking abo

t's the perfect respons

my father's allies, form a semicircle around us.

s hand extended. "Excellent speech at the boar

university's expansion plans align perfectly

y. I've been rehears

urns to my girlfriend. "Your father t

I smile and nod at th

o one sees how the room seems to shrink

dent Council President next week," Caroline says

't agreed to but some

d to greet the scholarship

a fraction of a second. "Of

ding to people as I pass. Every st

true alpha controls the room without dom

s out of habit. My gaze stop

ir pulled back, simple black dress. No jewelry,

he do

osture. Alert. Wary. Like she

briefly before

. "Just the man I wanted to see. Your propos

n him. The girl at the ba

roline is deep in conversation with her friends, and

or a glas

reaches for t

ngers

orld

after rain. Then heat rushes through my body, startin

r eyes that have go

from the sch

he noise. All of it becomes distant and unimportant

against my skin, despera

a

s through me lik

sible. Not

away like I'v

ps parted slightly. I can hear he

he start

Not with a scholarship student. Not with someone

ice colder than I intend.

es across her f

I f

er off. "And I'd appreciate

see her hands tr

w I should stop. But

" I say, loud enough for others to hear. "Ev

I see the exact moment she r

kes a step back, bumping

he murmurs. "I

r arm possessively around mine. "There you are. Th

king back at the girl whose world I

roline asks, suspi

a scholarship student who got

satisfied. "Well, you certainly set

course. No one chal

t the right jokes. I discuss business with the right peopl

or the girl wi

how right it felt wh

the hollow ache that

bout increasing security screen

ones be reassigned to di

kes to make sure our p

get to choose his mate. That decis