The Rejected Luna Strikes Back

im

hallway held high, o

wn the hallway,

as dining hall, the lounge, and the com

of the pack's double door o

mbles reminding me I haven't had anythi

l and look down. It

to pet her. She growls, jumping ar

alized-she was t

ut she keeps nudging me wit

eart? What are you

r if you went back inside,"

trying to

y now, her big am

ailing by my side. My pace slows as I ap

onal meetings or training sessions-is now fi

find them. Instead, I spot Ayeesha, tall w

and her fierce, angr

rd me, but someone grab

everyone's attention. A

tform, the spot he always uses to addres

ng that his wolf, Ben, is

ment, I think I catch a flicker of guilt in

w, my th

s going on?" I

waiting for you," H

must have been sleeping deeply.

rtling the crowd and finally breaking through Harry's

ails off, then l

ere, looking at the ve

ponytail? Check. Virgi

yes that scream

ly I can see the faint smirk

l her eyes and ro

ryone, but all I can do is marvel a

s, her blue eyes wide and plead

e gives the girl

rough the murmurs, lo

portant announcement to make." He pauses, lett

ot of confusion and speculatio

stand her position in t

me like a pu

returned, ready to make amends. She's extremely skilled, and losing her

for

forms, and I can feel tears

as in love with Kyl

hat's not why I'm accepting her back into the pack,

the crowd finally unders

." His eyes settle on me a

my face uncontrollably. Harry's eyes follow the path of my

ve asked for. You've stood by my side through some of the hardest times, and I'm sure

his eyes now. "But I don't lo

t, my heart shatt

kes me, and I storm up to the platform

care. Without a word, I walk rig

crowd. No one's ever dared to do this b

e again, his eyes are completely amber. Ben is i

rrified-anyone else w

pain, anger, and betrayal.

What, Harry? You thought I'd grovel and beg at your feet? You tho

bitter, h

on, of sacrifice. And now you think you can just sweep i

pression t

unish you severely for this outburst,"

tuation, I'll let

reath, his gaze h

ou will no longer be my Luna. That position is no longer

n, a hollow,

out as the villain so you can be with your perfect Ky

le to break free, Akira growling in the bac

arry says, his voice deep and frustrated. He

t time, I see a flicker of guilt, though I'm not sure if it's Ben's or Harry's. I look fr

iar faces of friends and family.

the Kimmy

om me again, and I laugh unt

ve this," I wh

t," Akira ag

e my way off the platform, hea

t's Ayeesha. I turn to face her, t

tands beside her. She always said we were me

uch like her son's-fill with wo

Come here," she say

obbing uncontrollably.