Her Rebirth For Revenge

ne's

ne's words, and all the clearing's eyes came to rest on me. My heart wa

scaped as little m

g the fragments of Marcus's cup of wine. "You h

he raised his gaze to look at his brother

pulled out a small vial from his pocket, the glass sparkling with the moon. "I

ke a fish gasping for air. "I don't unde

uld have gone perfectly with my festival dress. "Was found tangled on the wine t

ce. Malice. Mrs. Davies, whom I had recently healed by the lay

oice becoming sterner. "I was wit

ody place you during the time the wine was

ght was unclear in my thoughts. Had I been alone when the servants were setting out the win

m the back of the crowd. "I saw her there an

moon offerings," I protested. "I

nial wines," Kane explained. "The very wines

e of the love and trust I had so diligently earned. These smiling people who had brought their k

ee. You know me better than most. I adored Marcus

ion. He looked at me, at Kane, to his brother's u

," he whispered. "Wh

You wouldn't

a whisper, but it pierced me through the h

ting to nothing. "I. I use it occasionally. To relieve pains, in

ieted water, disturbing the waves of outrage thro

oming my stutter at last. "What reason on

colder than win

und us, the pack began to murmur louder,

he tumult, "any children you would bear to Alpha Corwin would next a

I whispered. "Marcus

ue was settled. "A Luna's primary obligation is to ins

You're lying. You're distorting everything. I didn't want

im. The seed of doubt had been planted and was taking root fast, fed

but his gaze gimlet-tough with mistrust. "The poison came from your stores. There i

to confront him. "H

tones. "Your odor is all over t

on the words. "I always assist with preparing the

ren't helping out tonight. You personally requested the servants to handle th

looked at him, my lips drier than dus

s close to where the tables were laid for the food. "Sarah, did

rawn but set. "She did, Beta Kane. Told her she had urgen

my voice. "Sarah, you know th

ed but not courage enough to loo

o outrage. Accusing words were heard, as well as angry on

is face contorted in an anguish and mounting fury. When he fi

e voice that sounded as broke

in, p

me as a physical force, and my wol

our home. I stumbled after on stammering legs, stunned. This could n

my skin, and the furious voices of my

oom. He knew where to look, which cabinet to check. Ev

lf. "The nightshade was stored there. This vial I found is a

registering what I was seeing. "It was so

to your secret stores? Who besides knows your procedur

ponses. There was too much evidence, too unarguable. Ever

g it. Grief and stress sometimes precipitate. episodes. Blackouts

oubt creeping in. Had I acted strangely recentl

dering the stress you have been under. Expectations of the pack, the oblig

he words came out

Just. certain pack members have wondered aloud if an Alpha with no blood is re

ew there were doubts among the pack members over my normal bir

asked where I be

t. And that's why his deat

e pack warriors and elders sat with stone-faced faces. Even the servan

h all my force. "I swear on the very m

dence was too compelling, too com

lene of Crescent Pack, by the authority of pack law and for th

t, strong hands on my arms. I did not stru

or three years was vanquished, its place taken by something hard and irreversible. "I trusted

g him to hear me, but the look on his face immobilized me. He was already determining my f