CHAPTER 23

My hands on the wall beside the door slid down slowly as I reclined back. I looked at everyone else, and the cluelessness showed on their faces.

I didn't know how to take in that information. Really, I didn't want to believe it. It had always been my dream to be the Luna of this pack - I had fantasized about it and spent my idle time speculating on how exactly the kingdom would be with me and Ty-

He walked out of the room he was in with Audrey and closed the door behind him. With his back against the wall, he shifted his gaze to me. I could see regret and self-denial in his eyes, as if he was trying to tell me something but he didn't want anyone else to hear.

My father's voice brought back my attention, "Oh, that's splendid, Alpha. Em…when will the preparations begin?"

"As soon as my son proposes to the girl."

"He hasn't proposed yet?"

"No, but he's told me he wishes to marry her and I have come to tell you so you can talk to the girl's father."

I turned to look back at Tyler an