From Rejected Maid to the Lycan King's Queen

ldn't look me in the eye when

say "Luna" anymor

placed me on the official paperwork thr

didn't just bring Candida home; he brought

s cold and glazed over. "Since you ar

as a servant in my own hom

ke an angel, brough

Mama," h

, he splashed the scald

p. It was laced with c

e boy threw himself on the floor,

my burns. He didn't

ing the Alpha Command t

e to the child who

ate with Candida in the room next

d the Luna

mber I hadn't

he Lycan King. "I need a pla

pte

na

I stared at the screen the clerk had turned toward me. The pixels blurred,

gu

y voice trembling. "I am the Luna of the

ta who wouldn't meet my eyes

the paperwork three years ago. You were removed as 'Mate.' Yeste

white against the

e ye

managing the accounts, and waiting for him to look at me with somethin

I asked, my throa

the Alpha's son and h

s usually quiet, crushed by the trauma from five years ago, but n

, coated in poison, aimed at Jackson's heart. I didn't think. I jumped. The blade tore in

. "You are my mate, Elena," he had

i

f exhaust and rain. I realized now why Jackson's eyes had be

me subtly for years. Stay qui

acked by magi

y wolf hearing picked up voices b

be humble, Jackson," a high-pi

hollow-like an echo in an empty room. "Just a little longer

," Candida hissed.

eful for t

ting for a second. U

ce cream?" a child's

you, champ,"

ved for blood kin. It was overwhelming, masking everything else in the house. I took it as proof of his

wisted in my s

the rose bushes, and pulled out my phone. My fingers sh

once.

like thunder. "Alpha Hamilt

What is wrong? I fe

idn't you? That I w

were speci

ed a favor, Hamilton. I need a dea