GREGOR
sitting room was thick with unspoken tension. The servants k
wanted none of them. From a hidden compartment in my jewelry box, I retrieved a simple, tarnished brooch my mother had left me. Fr
ous life, I had been married into the Conley family for fifteen years. As Luna, I had been inv
ortfolio, the returns on several real estate investments
ew life. I would not be cast out with nothing, le
hone and opened t
as both reasonable and guar
tional damages, and a hefty fee for my silence regarding h
llion d
Conley family, but demanding it as a "severance
rs of the manor were thrown open with such for
Conley w
llenged. He was dressed in an expensive suit, but his tie was askew and his hair
promising a destruction that wou
allowing the corner of my mo
sterical outburst would have. He strode across the
d, the words ground out between his teeth. A crus
led, and even Edwin took
a, I now knew, didn't need to use his comm
y phone away and rising to my feet to mee
him. The number was displayed in
he demanded, h
rejection papers, transfer the money to my accou
. He stared at me as if se
humorless laugh. "Aleah, has your s
wrist, his grip like a steel manacle. "You are a wolfless Omega.
"Without me, you are nothing. And
k, but he only squeezed tig
I said, my voice as cold as
For the first time, he saw the unf
e couldn't re
le. He flung my hand away with such force that
, steadying myself and rubbing my re
ate, decreed by the Goddess! You were born a Conl
out "destiny" and "duty" that I h
, I wouldn't
ugh. "Then let's see whose wil
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