TOO LATE PRINCE! I'M NO LONGER YOUR CHUBBY LUNA

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oved fast thro

, but the sickness lingered in my blood like a low, constant fire. My roughly cut hair brushed against my neck whenever the wheels hit a rough

eryone without raising his voice. Only after the deal was sealed had he revealed himself as

w what to do

were discussing the weather instead of removing me from the only territory I had ever known. "Once we are f

e poison had left me hollow. Every movement reminded me of the arrow, the basement

opped near the tree line. The border markers - two old stone pillars half-swallowed by moss and shadow - sto

gs were still unsteady. His palm was warm and steady. He released me as soon as I fo

alking towar

injured side and up my twisted ankle. I focused on the stone markers

en st

e

i

e air felt different there - cleaner,

amiliar voice cut

yd

hard that pain flared acros

erfang warriors moved with him, silent and ready. He looked different from the night of the rejection - darker, sharper, a

istance in a fe

t and pulled me back toward him. The sudden contact sent a sharp, unwanted jolt through the broke

s low, rough

sn't going

arder than the

had called me fatass while everyone laughed, who had stood silent while my parents bea

with anger and exhaustion and somethi

ess from the poison, the uneven ends of my hair, the way I still leaned slightly to one s

he said. "Not with him.

ly tightened, firm enough to keep

You watched them laugh. You let my parents drag me away and lock me in a basement. You let them cut off my hai

fortably. Adrian and his men had gone completely

r. I will stop whatever is left of the arrangement. I will d

reeder? That is what you asked for in front of everyone at the banquet.

ething like regret passed through th

ugh the tension, quiet

ur hand

rd him. "This is Silverfang

ht her claim fairly and openly. She is under Stormfang protection as our Healer. You rejected her as mate and Luna in front of witnesses

lves on both sides shifted their weigh

er my racing pulse, as if he could still feel the bond he himself had shattered. For the f

said, quieter now. "Don't

fade. I could still remember the exact moment he had looked at me with disgust and spoken the words that destroyed me

d away fir

nd stayed locked around my arm. I could feel the weight

ly, Patrick's f

order, closer to Adrian. My wrist burned where he had held me. The broken

ed raw in a way I had never seen before. He looked like a man wh

y name sounded different in his m

d away

freedom. Safety. A place where no one had the right to grab me and

readiness of Adrian's guards. I heard the restless, ruined thing

rst step acro

the s

n the other side. The scent

not lo