Broken by the Alpha: The Luna's Path to Freedom

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rim of the bathtub, the porcelain bit

drip* of the faucet. I held a pair of tweezers in my trembling hand, navigat

inhale, I y

t into the sink, where it clinked aga

would be here, his eyes dark with concern, licking

ental barrier, a wall of gray fog, blocking him out. Not

was an archaic herbal remedy, forbidden by modern healers because it didn

t instantly. And then, the mercy spread deeper-quieting the constant, du

ock on the doo

"Are you okay? The Alpha... he's as

oice sounding hollow, li

t open

without feeling. I stayed in my room, pac

ked to the edge of the pack lands. The moon was full

I saw

he treeline. He wasn't just talk

wig before smoothing the strands. It was a deeply intim

d. She saw me stand

leaned into Bennett, rubbing her cheek against his chest, forcing her scent glands

er eyes said. *

. His eyes met mine. There was no guilt. Just annoyance. A flicke

something that made her laugh-a s

our bedroom-no

with a diamond tear, passed down through generations of Bennett's family. He had clasped it

It felt heavy,

st entered the living room, Aria tr

tt," I

rough his hair. "Kelsey, not

It dangled from my fing

it," I

if he didn't recognize it. "Stop the

steady. "It belongs to the Luna. A

hing mine. There were no sparks. The stati

"If you want to be

to our room. That sanctuary was gone.

he had given me for our first anniversary.

a calm, deliberate motion, I snappe

l. A period at the

l fireplace in the Pack House. My bags wer

lace. But it was different. The silver cha

to Aria, who was lo

s voice booming with the Alpha's Command, forcing th

necklace aro

hen at the floor. The disrespect was palpable, a physical weig

from the Moonshade paste had s

yed over to me. She hel

pered, low enough that only I could hear. "The

the cold ashes of my

ace, Aria. You can sleep in the bed. But you will neve

dened. Her

ch!" she

d on purpose, throwing the hot tea at me. I

, falling to the floor and clutchi

ng worthy o

lse

flaring, crushing down on everyone in the room. It was a physi

my knees trembled under th

anger my heir? You attack a pack member? Get out of m

pened. He didn't check

r the last time. The boy I loved was dead

ly,"

my purse and

y phone buzzed. A text

I can give him. Yo

creen. Then, I op

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absolute. And for the first