Reborn Luna
e's
pounds dully as a soft light filters throug
op
blink once- twice-and the world organizes,
an
s, just as co
gainst my ribs. The last thing I r
xpression. His skin is smooth, and the
ce cracks. "Wh-
watching a sparring match. One of the warriors got careless. You passed out." His smile is forced as he runs a gentle finger across my
w this story. This time, but
s smoother. No gray in his b
ing in the room. "
s he analyzes my face as if he could see any
rlay reality as I look at the whitewashed walls and the scratched wooden floors near t
life, one from years ago. Fr
this po
ened afte
push
rising, but I'm helple
of the bed, ignoring my unstea
es for me, trying to st
" I shout, pullin
an't b
ier of my mind, sensing my distress
tes. "March
the y
." He grips my arm gently.
ead me back
l my heart stutter, and
a worried lo
blanket see
nty-one y
k the goddess I'm sitting. My wolf paces but d
one. Blind fo
ed, I
that one.T he betrayal, the pain,
di
y father says, handin
if only to give my
n sent ba
oddess left this
nit togethe
hts swirling in my head. Among t
d I have to avoid K
e to reduce everything, I need
Papa. I'm okay now. Everything was jus
d unconscious. It's normal to be
the healer know you've woken up. Alpha Kei
My mind is racing. This is the day
role as Alpha. I was here to represent our pack since my sis
lik
up the first t
o ensure that the alpha family of an all
moment everyt
and we knew
logy out before his wolf rose to t
e door. She was about to e
?" Da
inform anyone. Pap
e not making
teadying. "I think I should he
. "Absolutely not.
hands and mine. "Please. Trust me now. I can't expla
afraid o
e the signs of flaring temper in Papa's eyes
ing. If he knew the truth, if he even suspected that I had ill f
e last th
want to
ses from my chest, rumbling with rage. She re
es to for
d
row. "You sound like your m
n our packs while giving me a chance to escape and choose a New path. " I do
e. What do you
t over my chest. Dad lifts a brow, skeptical. "She fought
's stubborn, like your mother. But how do you expect
ng fine and the healers at home are more advanced than the ones in the lotu
re not wrong. Blue Rock has
to show
ht actua
"You can head home. I'll arran
warrior. He had watched me and my
Pack territory. I started to slip on my shoes and my jacket. Than
t couldn't b
r's girlfriend, steps in with her too-bright smile. Trailing be
ounger, and the two could not look more different. While Taylor was fair
dge my father happiness. Many shifters find companionship again after losing their fated mate. The new
rves it. However, there was somethin
I can deal with not being liked, but what bothers
ng stairs sli
pine stiffenin
ng. How are you feeling?" She says in t
." I say keep my
I care about is getting t
houldn't you be getting the heale
e so she can be seen by our healers," Papa
ly, our healers have much more knowledge than the ones on Lotus Pack territory
ox about to break into a chicken coop. "I'd be
not a bad idea. It wou
o way I'm letting that pompous
even when I s
sweetly and continue. "Tyler's license
n's mouth tilts into a
his dominance is directed at Tyler. "I ne
ne time-" Ty
ves you put at risk, your own included. You say you want to be a warrior,
Papa's arm and cutting him off. "Cli
istake costs li
You're right. Maybe we should
n
the room, casting me a gla
Leah just
h a narc,"
ould have found out eventually. How do you think it w
, but he backs o
gh the door. His jaw's still tight, b
ady for you," he says. "He'
"Thanks
nd I ignore the two
ns or interruptions. I don't want to
goodbyes,