LOGINJanet's POVThen he looked up at me, his expression softening. "Tiana's still learning the business side of the pack. She'll need your guidance."Tiana swallowed her fury and forced a tight, submissive smile. "Yeah, Janet. I hope you'll show me the ropes."I smiled faintly, my gaze dropping to the signed document. Michael's signature was bold and clear at the bottom of the page. The corner of my mouth twitched.Show her the ropes? Show those Peterson pigs anything? They had used my business acumen to enrich their pack territory when it suited them, and now they were tossing me aside like a broken omega. Too bad for them, I wasn't their personal doormat anymore. My own true bloodline was waking up.With what I would come for safely secured, I glanced at the two bruised, swelling faces in the room, bit back a laugh, and said, "Well. I have things to do. I'll see myself out."---In the hallway, away from their sight, I looked down at the document in my hand and peeled off the top p
Janet's POV"Michael. How could you? Behind my back? In our own pack territory?"The slaps had stunned them both into silence. For a werewolf, a physical strike from a mate wasn't just painful, it was a direct blow to their pride.Finally, Tiana looked up, her perfectly groomed hair disheveled and her eyes wet. "Janet, it's me. Tiana. You've misunderstood…""Tiana?"I blinked, as if seeing her for the first time. I forced my expression to shift, mimicking confusion, then a dawning, horrifying realization. I stared at Tiana, then at Michael, then back to Tiana."Why were you sitting on Michael's lap?" My voice cracked right on cue. "I thought you were some rogue female. Some stray omega trying to steal my Alpha."Tiana's face was already swelling from the force of my slap, and my words struck a nerve. Guilt flickered behind her tear-filled eyes. Despite the puffiness, she forced a weak smile. "Janet, you've misunderstood. I... I just lost my balance earlier. My inner wolf is sti
Janet's POV Tiana bit her lip so hard that it nearly bled, sliding into the back seat without another word.I shot Michael a mock-reproachful look as I slid into the leather seat. "You're making a big deal over nothing, Michael.""It's different." Michael closed my door for me, leaning in through the window. "Tiana's my sister. She can sit anywhere in the pack. You're Mrs. Peterson, the Luna of Peterson pack."In the back seat, I could hear Tiana’s heart rate skyrocketing, her breathing shallow and tight with rage.But I knew what she was thinking.Soon, I will be stripped of my title. Out of the company. Out of Michael's life. In a month, at most, she’d be the one sitting beside the Alpha.---News of the Luna’s suspension spread through the corporate pack office like wildfire.Back at the department floor, the wolves who had worked closely with me on the corporate side were furious."This is pack politics at its worst, Janet. You're the one who pitched the Northfield expansion
Janet's POV Every time Michael came back from one of his so-called 'business trips' to visit outer-territory packs, he reeked of Tiana's cloying wolf scent and perfume.I had just been too trusting, too blinded by the mating bond to fully notice it before.Now, my senses were wide awake, and I couldn't unsee it. For four years, I had shared a bed and a den with a man who had been letting another woman scent-mark him.The thought made my stomach turn again.By the time Michael emerged from the steam of the bathroom, I was already under the furs, pretending to be asleep, my breathing perfectly regulated.---The next morning, my phone buzzed with a message from Elder Clark's beta assistant.A reminder for me to complete the suspension paperwork for my position at the Peterson Pack Group.I didn't argue. I just typed a cold, simple acknowledgment.At breakfast, Margaret, Michael’s mother, led Liam to the table, her head held high. "Tiana's at the pack office early today to review terr
Janet's POV Unless what?The next message landed. “Unless you come discuss it in person. On my territory.”I stared at the screen for a moment, then set the phone down without replying.There was time for a new Alpha later. Right now, I had a pack to burn down.---Michael didn't come back to our alpha quarters until the early hours of the morning, his scent masked heavily in Tiana’s lavender perfume.I had actually slept. But my inner wolf had alerted me the moment his paws hit the porch and I arranged myself to look like I'd been waiting up, shivering in the dark.When Michael saw me still awake, guilt washed over his features, his ears practically pinning back."Babe. Why aren't you asleep?"I bit my lip gently, letting my shoulders droop. "Couldn't sleep without my mate. I was waiting for you."The look on my face hit him like a blade to the chest. He cupped my cheek, his thumb brushing my skin. "Today was my fault. If Tiana and Liam are bothering your wolf... I can move them t
Janet's POV It seemed like Michael felt something shift in his chest, his inner wolf whining at the distress in my voice.His throat tightened as he murmured, "How could you think that? I only want a pup from our bond. Liam's just a little thing. “He'll understand how pack dynamics work when he's older."Watching his blatant, two-faced performance, disgust curled deep in my stomach, but underneath it, a dark satisfaction. My wolf bared her fangs in my mind, tasting his deceit.Let the cheater and the homewrecker squirm.No matter how cozy they got behind closed pack doors, they still had to pretend in front of me, the Luna.Across the room, Tiana was barely holding it together. Her scent soured with jealousy; Michael's words had landed like a physical slap to her face.She'd brought her son back to the Eastfield Pack territory for one reason clearly, to push me out. Permanently.She turned to me, her expression a carefully tailored mask of omega-like submission. "I'm sorry, Luna







