The Betrayed Warrior Luna's Second Chance

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nywhere else. Silence would have been better. A sword in my hand. A sparring match. Anyt

go become more than obligation-

a weapon. And he did. He stripped me of title, tossed me into this blood

tion. I had earned the right to be here-not through my b

almost completely under our control. We've pushed their forces back and recla

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and razor-edged. "That path was essential to our ent

berating like thunder. I could feel t

ying to recover. "We're mobil

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a Eliza of the Silver Moon Pack is

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the others like a shield. Frail-look

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daughter. She was born to lead.

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atch. The one where I th

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up at her silhouette framed

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e was already mated. Already

re

one made my

uelty. He was skilled, yes, but he wielded that skill

what Eliza saw in him. But the more I o

sn't

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ly kil

stopped me was the

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