The Returned Luna

can

aura couldn’t believe

to him. Even if they didn’t mean as much to him as

wed low and beseeching, “

l snarled. “She doesn't des

s Basil’s soldiers advanced on her and

a cried, “Ho

” Sara cried, struggli

ov

't do th

blocked her path as Sarah disappeared into the shadow

asil’s contempt for her lowly status. The few who didn’t were too bo

minister of the kingdom. He had only ever held Laura in contempt. His smile

blocked her path. Their eyes wer

, “Miss, go back to your pack. Your t

even give her a

did, where

had left Basil in charge of the kingdom’s affairs, but Basil had not met his mate. He and the ministers had been

k within the kingdom. Her parents refused to even consider Laura as their heir and sent her to the ba

her. She smiled at everyone and had been exceedingly polite. She spoke with the brightest nobles of

he was the heir to the kingdom. Despite her shortcomings, he had chosen her and she had fallen for his handsome face and the thought that

riage had only ever been a means to gain more money and status. For a while, she tried to give them what they wanted, thinkin

Emerald Twilight Pack and never spoke to them again, devoting herself to her dut

learned

sil. Her parents had paid for it by bribing the

d a beautiful woman on his arm. She wasn’t even sure if he cared

y been happy when she gave in during thei

, but it had only pushed her to do more. She had thought there had to be somethin

mates in the war, built schools for war orphans, and pushed to reclaim the farmland around the imp

for

a, wearing Laura’s gowns, hanging on his

La

nowher

ad no

ay from Basil and the last three years of her life. The trees passed in a blur. The longer she

Her efforts, looks, and de

orthless

her knee and tearing her gown. As she lay in the

him, she was owed more court

r? She huffed, thinking back and feeling ridiculous. What else could she have expected of h

na! She doesn’t d

with her pack and been content with her life: w

re: Basil, her parents, or herse

laugh, “How stupid, L

st have run beyond the orchard and into the forest behind the castle. She stood and p

he last time she had prayed? Perhaps this w

udge me fair

ing of some worth in the world. She had just wan

carrying with it the scents of the orchard and maybe t

ly wanted to have the best of everything to announce finding hi

time and money? She bet Basil would never t

and forced those thoughts as

to the wind. “

g, capable, and smarter than those idiots. If that smelly j

of joy that came with thinking of her fated mate, but she couldn’t

ffled,

e who will not mourn us and is not ours. Pe

thout provisions. Even if she had supplies, what about the vampires

ur mate. He will find you. The goddess has not forsaken us. We are not

First, rejected

re was nothing for her in the kingdom any longer. P

ace and squared

a felt someone coming up beh

e strength she had in her legs vanished as she skidded over the edge a

s the craggy rocks of the canyo

pain the

he was