Betrayed By My Alpha, Awakened As The Luna

ess. I spent years loving him in secret, certain he would fin

d used my own blood in a secret ritual to bind himself to her, a political ma

n two. He allowed his new bride to frame me for treason, destroy my home, and erase my history. He stood by while hi

Then he came to me in the ruins of my life and asked me to be h

a Luna in my own right, powerful and finally free. But my rejected mate's obsession festered. A year later, he lured me into a tr

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lmed my soul. Tonight, it did nothing to soothe the frantic beating of my heart. The

mony. The night our Alpha, Lucian Blac

he would finally announce

s I'd chosen. It wasn't as lavish as what the other she-wolves would wear, but I hoped he

ed to reach him through our mind-link, the connectio

coming to the k

e an eternity. "Busy,

He was an Alpha, the leader of the powerful Black Moon Pack. His responsib

wriggle in my gut. I needed reassu

ves of the Council of Elders. The official records of

over his spectacles. "Elara. What brings you here on a nig

anted to see something, Silas. To co

ated, then sighed and turned to a heavy, dark-red book on a pedestal

e read softly. "Mate:

ed in my throat. It felt like the world had tilted on

that's a mistake. I am his mat

at the entry. "The bond was formalized two months ago. A

onths

holding a small silver knife. "Just a drop of blood, my love," he'd murmured, his vo

eely, lovingly. I

r a contract I knew nothing about

I clutched my chest, trying to force air into my lungs. I reache

is this? What

h ice. Then, with a brutal finality, he severed the connection. The

voice barely a whisper.

ask of sorrow. "The formal bonding cerem

tole the air from my lungs. The future I had poured my entire soul into, the l

ing else rose from the depths: a hot,

n the shadows. He would not

g like a costume for a fool. I was going to that ceremony.

ing to deman

s, his silver hair gleaming in the twilight, his eyes sharp with a wisdom that missed nothing

d, his voice quiet. "And her stubborn