MasukThey called me a nobody, divorced me for another woman, and never knew I was a princess. For three years, I was Tobias Grimwood's devoted Luna. I loved him. I stood beside him. I helped him build the Grimclaw Pack. But when his former fiancée, Lily Sable, returned claiming she had lost his child, everything changed. Tobias chose her guilt over my loyalty. His elders demanded that he marry Lily for the sake of the pack, and instead of defending our marriage, Tobias offered me a place at his side as his Luna while he made another woman his wife. That was the moment I stopped begging to be chosen. I divorced him and walked away. They thought I was a powerless woman with nowhere to go. They were wrong. I am Zinnia Valtor, princess of the Bloodmoon Pack, the second-most powerful kingdom in the werewolf world. And the man I ran from three years ago is waiting for me. Thaddeus D'Averon. Prince of the Dreadfang Pack. He was the man my parents once arranged for me to marry, the ruthless prince I escaped because I feared he would turn my life into another cage. But Thaddeus is no longer the stranger I remember. He doesn't demand my obedience. He doesn't ask me to sacrifice myself for politics. He gives me something Tobias never could: a choice. As the woman who once ran from her royal destiny, I never expected to return home and stand beside the most powerful Alpha in the werewolf world. But when a dangerous conspiracy threatens both kingdoms, I discover that my royal blood is only the beginning of my power. Tobias wants his Luna back. Thaddeus wants my heart. And the woman they once underestimated? She's about to become their Queen.
Lihat lebih banyakShe looked past him and saw me standing there with the papers in my hand.Lily let out a sharp, ragged gasp. She stumbled backward, hitting the doorframe. She wrapped her arms around her stomach and slid down the wood until she hit the floor."Please," she cried, squeezing her eyes shut. She put her hands over her ears and started shaking violently. "Don't yell. Please don't be angry with me. I didn't mean to cause trouble."I hadn't raised my voice once.The two guards stationed down the hall shifted on their feet. They looked at Lily trembling on the floor, and then they looked at me. Their expressions shifted from neutral to disgust. I could see it in their eyes—they thought I was standing here screaming at a traumatized, grieving mother."Lily, hey, look at me," Tobias said.He dropped to his knees beside her and scooped her up into his arms. She buried her face in his chest, sobbing quietly."I'm sorry," she whimpered into his shirt. "Make her stop.""I've got you," he murmured.
"I can offer you three crates of winter pelts for the grain," I told the merchant sitting across from me.He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "Four. And we want the Alpha's seal on the final agreement. My Alpha won't accept a trade of this size on a Luna's word alone."I looked at the empty chair at the head of the long wooden table. Tobias should have been sitting there. He should have been the one looking the Riverbend merchant in the eye, securing the food our people needed to survive the coming freeze. Instead, he was locked in the Alpha suite down the hall.I understood why the pack was letting him hide.The Goddess's Penance was a horrific thing. When a pregnant wolf lost a child, the Moon Goddess did not let the trauma fade quietly into the past. For five years, on the exact anniversary of the loss, the mother was cursed to relive the miscarriage. The bleeding, the blinding pain, the hysterical grief—it all returned in a violent physical wave as if
The air in the room was suffocating. I stood perfectly still, waiting for Tobias to correct the elder. I waited for him to demand respect for his Luna, or at least ask Eloise to step outside while the healers worked.Tobias swallowed hard. He looked away from me."Eloise, stay with her for a minute," Tobias said quietly.He stood up from the bed. Lily whined and tried to grab his hand again, but he gently pulled away. He walked toward me, his shoulders slumped."Zinnia," he muttered. "Come with me for a second."He didn't wait for my answer. He walked out of the clinic.I followed him into the dim, quiet hallway. The moment the door clicked shut behind us, the silence felt heavy. Tobias leaned his back against the stone wall. He scrubbed his hands over his face, leaving streaks of Lily’s blood on his own skin.I crossed my arms over my chest to stop my hands from shaking."Are you going to tell me what she meant?" I asked. My voice was low. "About the baby, Tobias."He squeezed his ey
No one moved. The guards, the omegas, the senior pack members lingering in the archways, they all stood frozen, staring at Tobias and the woman bleeding in his arms.I lost our baby.The words rang in my ears. A cold numbness started at my fingertips and rushed straight to my chest. My breath caught in my throat. I stared at my husband, waiting for him to say something. I waited for him to look at Lily and tell her she was confused, or to look at me and swear he didn't know what she was talking about.Tobias just lowered his gaze to the floor.He couldn't even look at me.My survival instincts kicked in. I had spent three years training myself to swallow my pride and manage this pack when Tobias couldn't handle the pressure. My heart was cracking down the middle, but my pack was watching. I refused to break in front of them. I shoved the devastation deep down into my stomach and locked it away.I took a breath and forced my voice to stay steady."Everyone, go back to your duties," I o






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