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aid, Tess, kept trying to coax me into sitting down, but my nerves were too frayed. Finally, the sound
nt Alpha heir I knew. He looked like a man
is side and clutching his arm. "Wha
g hand over his pale face. "He granted it," he said, his
d?" I cried out, throwing my arms around his neck, a triumphant smil
ined limp at his sides. "Not exactly," h
ring as my joy instantly turn
explosive fury. The sudden, unexpe
y brow furrowing in confusion.
Gideon explained distractedly, staring blankly at the floor. "He's the one who
mered, my voice trembling. This time, the tears welling in my eyes weren't a
with defeated eyes. "But you will never have the title. You will
his wife if I am not the Luna?! I didn't endure the scorn, the secret meetings, and the risk of carrying a child out of wedlock just to be some ordinary housewife! I
the Alpha heir, but its mother would be a woman of no official rank, a permanent outcast in her own home. Th
ad frantically in denial. "No, h
It is done," Gideon said,
raphina?" I asked, my voice laced with pure veno
jaw. "The Prince... he said she had to be compensated for the insult. He
de?" The injustice of it was a physical blow, knocking the wind out of m
t facade finally snapping into a million pieces. "She wins!
ed at the dying embers in the fireplace. We both knew the bi
PHIN
royal decree via Jasper Price, the King's emissary. I accepted the heavy
being permanently denied the Luna title-a detai
I read abo
, but this... this was beyond anything I had orchestrated. The smoothness of it all, the sheer scale of this reward, felt wrong. It was
elping me
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