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ar
e Elena Fros
ill being tested. Power alone wasn't enough. The elders watched every of my decision, alli
law in the hierarchy-an imbalan
stepped in-ending the discuss
ter stepping down, her word remained absolute. She told me that the pack demanded
ected
ority was not about personal prefere
was her chos
feel her aura, so faint it was almost absent. And when the elders chose her, I could not fathom why. She was no v
she embodied
clinging to my name, feed
emony took place right away u
stinctual claiming. A marriage acknowledg
l
banners hung from the beams, embroided with ancient runes that glowed faintly un
the air, mixing with the restrained pheromones of
allied packs, and the As
e Luna
e
atly over my abdomen. Every movement I made was careful, contro
Her sharp eyes, captured in oil and shadow, almost see
y," her echoed in my memor
s curled
eed s
hree
pite the endless whispers about a "useless Luna" whose wolf aura was too weak to be felt. St
n, calling me a pig at the feast, and a glutton
ughts as a ripple mov
ir sh
to turn around to k
c Ash
rough the hall. Cold.
had completely died down as they instinctiv
fened-he stop
I could feel t
for so long-stirred faintly at t
c didn't
combed back, and his expresson were cold. There were
hen my gaze fell onto the wom
y on his arm like she
ra
ir fell over one shoulder, her face pale and delicate, eyes rimmed red in just the r
ow of his decea
he pack whi
e same woman everyone already as
t mine-sweet, warm, open
is how
tinued. The elders had already spoke about Patricia Ashbourne's legacy-how she had led the
Knelt when required. Mo
that I had alwa
the family to step
did not
her fingers tightening slightly on his sleeve
hall. I don't know why but
nal rites, when everyone expected the
d, he
ced th
p, and amplified by Alpha authority rather than
art d
he was about to say is something
was just ove
in my heart-he still manag
riage bond between Elena Frost a
e like a physical blow-the
-I thought that mayb
his head-just slightly-
ere cold a
I know, he wa
ion. The bond was contractual in nature, arranged under my grandm
ttered cut stra
-thin, neglected, but still hanging desperat
ting out a helpless sigh but none o
agreed with the A
, they never see
hout. To question them w
ad, I
," I found my
l went silent again, as if they di
d-just for a fraction of a
de," he added. "Elena will be comp
ensa
ere a tra
years could easi
e to marry him for the compens
as also
despite that I know
ause I
I wanted to
o Hydra who shifted beside him and
y a word, but
t. You'r
on she exudes when she look
yself to l
my mate. "Thank yo
never spared me a glance
was un
t me would only
ips and curle
ally through
e be compared to Hydra? If she wants t
sure hide and never be s
compare a pig to a
the hope that if I stood still enough, strong enough, the Alpha would gr
finally shifted, t
, as if I had
othering to hide the triumph in her
isappeared from my
Luna no
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