The place where he swore:“This pup will be Alpha after me.No matter what happens, I will protect you both.”
A memory.A lie.
Tears stung my eyes,but my voice still tore through the hall—“STOP!” I cried out, breath shaking.
“I am the LUNA!”
The moment the words left my mouth,the she-wolves who had been beating me froze.
Lyra narrowed her eyes, studying me slowly.
“Did you just say…You’re the Luna?”
I lifted my chin, forcing steadiness through the shaking in my breath.
“Yes.
The pup I carry is the Alpha’s heir.If you’ve harmed him even the slightest —you wouldn’t have enough lives to pay for it.”
For a heartbeat, I thought they would finally back off.But instead…it was as if they had just heard the most ridiculous joke of their lives.
Laughter exploded around me.
“Oh, I’m terrified,” one of them sneered.
“This mutt’s been locked in the inner den so long her brain must have rotted.”
“Or maybe she went crazy wanting to be Luna.No wonder she got thrown in here.”
Lyra looked down at me, her gaze suddenly turning vicious.
“So that’s it?” she scoffed.
“I thought you had real backbone to dare challenge me.”
“Turns out you’re just a delusional idiot who doesn’t know her place.”