The Shadow Mark Luna; Mated to 7 Identical Alpha Kings

her, his posture commanding. Though he possessed his typical strengt

ooming across the corridor. This meeting was

them had only increased when she started to lose her powers, she had been Tyler's most trusted all

he burden of the gazes on her: her former packmates, the indivi

twisted into

er," he started, "you have turn

icipated a conversation, maybe a difficulty. But what abo

lining abilities disqualify you from guiding. You have l

d. Who is he to question? After all they had been

ers, "You are a danger to this pack.

gid floor. Her voice almost a whisper, she murmured, "You know me bett

rity to support it, loyalty means not

not the guy for whom she had battled. This was not the Tyler I had adored. She was mo

omments reverberated in her head, getting louder and louder until they were intolerable.

a frigid knife piercing h

ish

, and couldn't understand the reality of anything. How had things gotten to this point? The

oftly, but the phrase

re no longer qualified to be my Luna. His eyes lacked wa

rrounding her started to grow. Her body was wei

longer with us, Tyler said flatly. She is t

mpathy maintained it; none, however, came forward to support her. Her

way. "For the good of the pack," he

arted to rise within her. She would not allow this

ietly, her hands gripping at her sid

ing away, his back to her

ruth of her circumstances sank in. Though it was nothing compared to the

rrive. Not in this manner. Not with Tyl

s voice lacking compassion, "You ha

g with silent rage. She grumbled benea

Her heart sank even more as she went beyond the gates.

of it all, she could sense something awaken deep inside her. I

d to her now rang in her head. Lois, r

t her eyes. She promised, "I'll make them

onfronted an unknown future, the gate slamming shut behind her

tle. She woul

the trees murmured about Lois. The agony in her chest was more than physical;

long nights of pack future planning; the way he had softly promised power and a

ess. She had done all for him, for them, and it still fell short. Part of her want

darkness surrounding her, her voi

ness closing in on her made it feel more and more weighty. How long had she been on foot? Perha

r. She wavered on her feet, and her vision swam. Her legs failed

her breathing. Her will was fading, her strength g

l about her. Lois shut her eyes, hoping the planet would stop turning to stop tearing her apar

reath. But then, in the distance, something stirred: a presence. Her eyes opened, and she sen

her heart race as she sat up slowly. A man appeare

ur shine; the force emanating from him was unmistakable. His presence all-consuming, his posture imposin

experienced a strong link, a spark of something ageless and unarguable. It wa

hunder sweeping over the sky, but it was also

emphatically a

as though by some magnetic force. Though it was impossible, it was irrelevant

eart started to race as his sum

t was coming. Something within her changed, and she understood that this was merely the

est, she felt the forest's blackness closing