The Betrayed Warrior Luna's Second Chance

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n my chest. The voices around me were dull, like the droning hum of insects I couldn't quite swat away. An

e anywhere else. Silence would be better. A sword in my hand. A sparring match. Anyth

go become more than obligation-

a weapon. And he did. He stripped me of title, tossed me into this blood

tion. I had earned the right to be here-not through my b

almost completely under our control. We've pushed their forces back and recla

re hard. Something was wro

hy have

ched, glanc

next, voice rough with

Ambush hit us during the night. No rein

le

desk with enough force t

l into stunn

rl barely contained. My wolf surged,

nd razor-edged. "That path was essential to our enti

berating like thunder. I could feel t

ying to recover. "We're mobil

hand, sil

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narrowing as the name f

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for another logistical u

Eliza of the Silver Moon Pack is g

til

red into my b

iz

stuttered, th

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The flap of the tent swayed as

already go

in

. A boy used to plush velvet and royal banquets suddenly expected to fight, sweat, blee

too

e first time

ven lift hi

then

iz

ht, but in presence. She was fire wrapped in skin. Blades in her

r tone brooking no argument. "At least h

the others like a shield. Frail-look

stened

daughter. She was born to lead.

was

atch. The one where I th

wift. Precise. I had

up at her silhouette framed

wa

s had to have m

had oth

Something about preserving the future of their bloo

s pa

e was already mated. Already

re

one made my

uelty. He was skilled, yes, but he wielded that skill

what Eliza saw in him. But the more I o

sn't

er-when whispers reached me of ano

orgot-in fact, I have never forgotten, and I never will. And now, she's free, my jaw clenched, my pulse pounding, thi

d walk away, I will no longer be the silent guardian hiding behind duty; I will protect h

will never suffer again, as long as I'm alive, she won't, not while I'm