BEAST ATTACK!

CRASH!

Minerva's bedroom door was kicked open roughly by Kayller and Killian, slamming against the wall. After the party ended, Killian and Kayller—who had been forcing smiles and holding back their anger in front of the guests all night—immediately came to Minerva's room to unleash the fury that had been building up inside them.

Minerva, who had been about to take off her gown, stopped. She wasn't surprised at all to see her two fated mates. Calmly, she turned and stared sharply into the eyes of her twin husbands, one after the other.

"Do you have even a shred of manners when entering someone else's room?!" Minerva asked, her voice cold and cutting. "What are you doing in my room?"

"Teaching you a lesson, because you've grown far too bold in ordering us around!" Kayller declared.

"Do you think that just because you hold a Luna's blessing, you can trample on our dignity? Starting tonight, I'll make sure you know your place, Minerva!"

In her first life, Minerva would have cried in fear at the sight of Kayller or Killian angry. She would have apologized, and ended up locked in the tower room while her mates slept with other women. But this Minerva was different. She simply stood silent, staring at Kayller's chest with a challenging gaze.

"My place?" Minerva set down her teacup with a soft clink that somehow sounded like a death sentence. "My place is here. Helping you lead this pack. If it weren't for me, what would happen to you?"

"Have you gone mad? Who do you think you are?! Do you think you're so valuable to this pack that we need a woman like you?!" he thundered.

"Do you think I'm the one who needs you?" Minerva asked. "It's not me who needs you—it's you and this pack. If you feel burdened by me, let's end this bond right now. Reject me as your Luna, and let's see how long this place can survive without the Moon Goddess's blessing!"

Killian and Kayller's faces hardened. As Alphas, their egos were wounded by a woman—one they had always considered helpless and unattractive—daring to challenge them. However, behind that anger, a flicker of panic glimmered faintly in both their eyes. They knew that, by the pack's spiritual laws, their territory's prosperity and strength heavily depended on a Luna.

"Are you threatening us, Minerva?" Kayller stepped forward, trying to use his Alpha dominance aura to make Minerva submit, as the plump woman usually cowered in fear. However, Minerva didn't retreat an inch. Kayller's dominant aura, which usually made her or other wolves kneel, had no effect on her at all. Her large body stood tall like a solid stone wall. She lifted her chin high and challenged her twin mates.

"This isn't a threat. This is an offer of freedom. Haven't you always considered me a burden and a curse in your lives? Then reject me as your Luna, and let's see what happens next," Minerva said calmly.

"You really..."

Kayller, unwilling to accept this, stepped forward toward Minerva, ready to unleash his rage.

"Kayller!" Killian quickly held back his twin brother's arm. As an Alpha, he knew very well the fatal consequences they would face if they rejected Minerva as their fated mate. "We'd better leave."

"But we haven't taught her a lesson yet!" Kayller protested.

"I said leave!" Killian snapped, then roughly pulled his twin brother out of the room.

Once they were in the empty castle corridor, Kayller roughly pushed Killian's hand away. "Why did you drag me away? Our business with that fat bitch isn't over yet!"

"I know, but don't be reckless!"

Kayller rubbed his head in frustration. "Damn it! She's really started to defy us!" Kayller cursed, his jaw clenching.

"I told you since earlier in the hall, there's something strange about that woman. She suddenly changed like a different person, but you didn't believe me!" Killian replied in frustration.

Kayller fell silent, glancing at his brother with heaving breath full of emotion. "We can't just let her get away with this."

"This pack's survival depends on her," Killian reminded in a low, tense voice. "We can't act recklessly. We need to find a way to make her obedient and submissive to us again!"

***

As she was about to sleep, Minerva suddenly remembered something. In her past life's memory, a few days after the fifth mating anniversary, the pack's border would be attacked by a horde of savage creatures. That attack would claim many lives if not anticipated immediately.

In her first life, as a pure-blooded Luna, Minerva had desperately strengthened the territory's magical barrier all by herself. As a result, all her spiritual energy was completely drained, leaving her unconscious for days while she recovered her supernatural strength. Remembering that great chaos, Minerva intended to inform her twin husbands so they could prepare security forces at the border. She didn't want that tragedy to repeat.

Minerva walked toward Killian's room. However, her steps halted when she noticed the door wasn't fully closed. Just as she was about to push it open, a familiar woman's seductive voice came from inside.

Minerva peeked through the crack in the door. Her eyes witnessed a sickening sight—Lydia, her own best friend, was now sitting on Killian's lap with her arms and legs wrapped tightly around the man's body.

"You've been bound by the mate bond with Minerva for years, but that fat woman still hasn't given you or Lord Kayller any offspring, Your Majesty. I can give you healthy and strong heirs," Lydia whispered seductively. "I can feel yours has already hardened," she said.

Minerva froze in place. In her first life, she had never known that Lydia and Killian had been having a secret relationship behind her back all this time. This disgusting secret was only now revealed to her.

Instantly, the faint trace of concern that had crossed Minerva's heart vanished without a trace. She abandoned her intention to warn Killian and Kayller about the beast attack.

Minerva smiled cynically, then turned and walked away. This time, she decided to withdraw all her spiritual energy from the territory's defensive barrier. She wanted to see how those arrogant Alphas would handle the pack's chaos without even a shred of help from her.