The Luna's Rogue Alpha

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ains brought tears to my eyes. I groaned, turning over to bury my head in the pillows when a sharp knock sounded on the d

red the room, which could be no other tha

opened one of the windows, taking

ing, my lord! It will b

the slender and boyish Thomson as he hopped around the

cautious bite of toast. Thomson turned on his heel

ever, she requested a tour of the Cavendash Cot

toast, my stomach clenching in protest. What

make a purchas

he cottage? W

run-down for many years. I couldn’t

” Thomson stepped forward, examining t

ckly brewed cup of tea and gagging at

attention by the door. “At any rate, Lady Cavendash is a widow, sir. Legally she has full access to her dowry, plu

stand th

t she might participate in the season, given that she’s still

rubbing my temple

ng on running t

the land it sits on, as well as Cavendash Village and the farmlands, etc. I assume she is just weighing her options….” He trailed

her summons to entertain the Elders or high

recognize

he placed it in my waiting hand. I drank it down in one swallow, peering

licker of a smile cross Thomson’s wide mouth. He nodded briskly, nearly pushing the se

n my hands, tossing the envelope to the ground and peeling the paper apart,

e. He had never belonged to a pack, having be

oughens in our youth, eventually maturing enough to attend universit

me to go back to my pack, even if

gave me a start. Will w

so

pped out of bed. My head was still pounding, but I stretched and pulled on a robe regardless, hoping t

ty of Will’s arrival, and was surprised to see Clara stan

aid and turned to face me as I rounde

odding to her mistress before tur

le twisting across her wide mouth

l. Are you fee

red a

ing her nose. “You

be seen and not heard,” I growled, crossing my

uld be c

way? And—” I looked at her fully, taking in the de

she wore atop a pale gray dress. I could see her leather boots beneath the he

wanted some for the library. Then, I met with the carpenter

a steely look, but she only smiled swee

there in a while? It

st the gleaming mahogany. “Are you going to ask me if yo

. “I’m not assuming anything, Randall. I’m having the Estate’s lawyer lo

raightened up, taking a step towards her. She didn’t fl

dy blonde hair disheveled and curling around her face, which was flushed a deep, rosy pink. She looked mor

ther lodgings. I cannot possibly go back to live with my

another step forward, drawn by the sudden glimmer of re

ispered, glancing at me so briefly I b

look at me fully and fix me with a menacing st

ge in the state it’s in. I’ll

ld you d

itterly, tasting the desperation on my tongue and biti

assed beneath us. “We’re to have a guest in the next day or so, a fri

he slipped out of view. Poor sod most have

widening into perfect spheres. I grinned, lower

l life

e said, her eyes flashing with mirth, “wha