ログインSydney's POV
"Every one of you wretched, disgusting creatures — get in here now!" My voice cracked like a whip through the corridors, and within moments the maidservants and pack soldiers came pouring into the main hall, stumbling over each other in their haste. None of them would have dared miss the call. They knew better than that. They knew me better than that. I let my eyes sweep across the gathered crowd, countingBrenda's POV "Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word. It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had. "Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the h
Brenda's POV "Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word. It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had. "Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the hair on my arms stand up. Predators always moved like that. Slow, deliberate, until the moment they weren't, and by then it was alread
Brenda's POV "Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word. It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had. "Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the hair on my arms stand up. Predators always moved like that. Slow, deliberate, until the moment they weren't, and by then it was alread
Brenda's POV "Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word. It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had. "Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the hair on my arms stand up. Predators always moved like that. Slow, deliberate, until the moment they weren't, and by then it was alread
Brenda's POV "Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word. It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had. "Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the hair on my arms stand up. Predators always moved like that. Slow, deliberate, until the moment they weren't, and by then it was already to
Brenda's POV"Um, excuse me, Luna Mother." Fear finally caught up with me — really caught up, for the first time all evening. My pulse hammered so hard I was certain she could hear it, certain the sound alone might give me away before I said another word.It hadn't when she slapped me, the sting still faintly warm on my cheek. It hadn't even when she'd sent her sons chasing after me under the light of the mating ceremony moon, my heart hammering as I ran barefoot through the pack grounds, branches tearing at my dress, the moonlight throwing every shadow into something that looked like a threat. But this — the stillness in her eyes, the calm before whatever came next — this scared me in a way running never had."Oh, trying to play dumb, are you?" She rose from her royal chair, unhurried, and crossed the room toward me with a grace that made the hair on my arms stand up. Predators always moved like that. Slow, deliberate, until the moment they weren't, and by then it was already too la







