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2025-06-24 07:00:17LILA
I didn’t knock.
Aethera was already waiting, her door ajar, smoke curling from a copper incense bowl near the window. The scent was sharp, a mix of wolfsbane and dried sage. A warning blend. A protective one.
She didn’t rise when I entered. Just gestured with her fingers to the seat across from her.
“Sit,” she said. “Before your silence finishes what your enemies started.”
I sat. No need to explain. Aethera never needed explanations. She had seen too many rises and falls. Too many wolves turned to ghosts while still walking.
“You are not banished,” she said after a long moment.
I stared at the flame in the incense bowl. “It feels like I am.”
“He hasn’t stripped your title. He hasn’t claimed another. You are still Luna.”
I almost laughed. “Then why does it feel like I’ve already been buried?”
Aethera’s eyes sharpened. “Because you’re being tested, not buried.”
She leaned forward, voice low
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The Alpha’s Mistake: Lila’s Rise from Rejection Chapter 45
LILAI didn’t knock.Aethera was already waiting, her door ajar, smoke curling from a copper incense bowl near the window. The scent was sharp, a mix of wolfsbane and dried sage. A warning blend. A protective one.She didn’t rise when I entered. Just gestured with her fingers to the seat across from her.“Sit,” she said. “Before your silence finishes what your enemies started.”I sat. No need to explain. Aethera never needed explanations. She had seen too many rises and falls. Too many wolves turned to ghosts while still walking.“You are not banished,” she said after a long moment.I stared at the flame in the incense bowl. “It feels like I am.”“He hasn’t stripped your title. He hasn’t claimed another. You are still Luna.”I almost laughed. “Then why does it feel like I’ve already been buried?”Aethera’s eyes sharpened. “Because you’re being tested, not buried.”She leaned forward, voice low
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