The Betrayed Warrior Luna's Second Chance

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heels striking the marble like gunshots. Fury vibrat

uldn't

to make me his mistress. His mistress. As if I was

ent snarl. She wanted blood. She wanted Maya torn apart for

ved her b

e justice-they'd twist it into madness. Arr

in split and blood pooled. Metallic. Sh

door ahead-Diana's room. The only one in this house w

and knocked, just

ame the fain

pped

t of beauty could hide the truth. The beeping of machines filled the air, and Diana lay beneath pale sheets, her skin eve

Laughter that filled the halls.

ad taken

a year. That was near

n my

e precision of a soldier. The most renowned healer in th

doors. Ones I'd slamme

I approached. S

returned the gesture, then m

g silently. The door c

. Her eyes met mine instantly, a flicke

sm

I was being ripped apart f

Her hand reached out, brittle fingers curlin

I asked gently, though the wo

"Dr. Ardan gave me something new

, the words barely audible over

laugh, trying to sit u

d news you've had today," she added,

y eyes. Of course

muttered.

hearing a fairytale. Her f

gether again. You'll have his support. You've

uth to speak.

fter your loss, too-it's been a lonely road, Eliza. You've held everyth

d, but the impli

lipped ou

ed at me,

s before. Like I was fragile. Lik

e was quiet. Lethal. "Did you know he brought anoth

her face

tation. The guilt. The

as loud enoug

had

e looked away-as if her eyes couldn't bear to

between us thickened, stretching ou

ing to speak, I broke the silence

ve already accepted Maya as Derek's wife. As Lu

uth. I needed to know why she let this fester in silen

head, and fina

isper. "Derek and Maya have done so much on the battlefield. The

ithout humor. I turned to leave, b

id-it saved this pack. It gave us a future. Keeping them apart

e fixed, you can stay. I can adopt you. Make you my daughter in name. You can still h

e a poison wr

t her. Slo

. She wanted me to surrender the title. To smile while being stripped of

led on my fa

dragging my hand

me around because of what I brought to this pack. The

ightened. "Tha

eone to protect your son's reputation. Someone to hold the house togeth

li

t learn betrayal on the battlefie

my back

. Blankets rustling. Then h

't allow you to insult

hacking. I turned, watched as her body curl

nicked. Called for

not

her eyes watery, mouth

tar

shr

nd hard. "Your new family will take care

idened in

ad lo

leaving her alone with th

now what I

re-I would not stay here an

ke the Luna title

ter be ready t