The Rejected Luna's Revenge

ander

as if I'd str

internal affairs." I kept my voice firm despite the way her pain called to somethi

o steady her, but my growl stopped him. "My father is d

h to see the flecks of gold in her brown eyes. "Brin

rapped here under your 'protection'

t my "asylum" would come with strict surv

but she blinked them back.

y wolf

show you to your quarters. You'll have freedom to move within the pack house, but guards will acc

" she echoe

ridor. Everything about her called to me – her strength, her vulnerability, t

n waiting outside. "I want her watched at all times.

k she's a

way she'd deliberately omitted o

hought, watching Elena through the s

ontact her pack. No suspicious behavior. Just quiet complia

ard reported during our morning briefing. "Spends

t dark room and during our confrontation – wasn't the type to g

ordered. "She's p

r scent in the corridors, it called to something primal w

t through our pack link. "Ryan's been crit

f lending me speed as I raced to the courtyard.

rise from a deep wound in his chest, carrying a scent that made my wolf irritable. Aroun

e out in a growl that made se

he northern border. They had weapons we've never seen before." He gestu

ince the beginning, his loyalty never wavering.

orehead. "It's like nothing I've ever encountered," she admitted. "The

in the drug the rogues had used on me duri

lack lines spreading from his wou

orating," Be

ll track these rogues myself. We need one of thos

only he would dare. "It's obviously a trap. They wa

y'll get

voice cut through the

dge of the crowd, her expression determi

oice dripped with disdain. "What can

eyes fixed on mine with an intensity that made my wolf stir. T

y command silenc

al. "She might make his condition worse!

my Alpha power fill the air. "

aze, backing away with a

My wolf watched her intently, noting how she assessed the wound wit

ssom herb," Ele

sphere. "That common weed? It grows every

at me. Something in her steady gaze

within her borrowed clothes. The liquid inside caught

began to mix it with the cr

without hesitation. "My father's cr

orward. "My King

er off. Black veins were spreading up hi

g my power fill my voice. "But

she said, not looki

ers step back before even looking to me for confi

ion, mixing the herb and liquid into a paste. When she placed her han

sneered. "That pathe

g wherever Elena's light touched it. Yet I could see the toll it was taking

d. Her face grew paler, her hands shaking, but she didn't stop. There was something me

wolf approv

's wound closed, leaving only fresh pink scar tissu

landing face-first in the dirt. My body moved without cons

r lips brushed mine, soft and familiar, sending a jolt of electricity through my entir

ing, her exhausted gasp mixing with my surprised intake of breath. I could