Amy's POV “You betrayed us,” their father said in a low threatening tone to Hannah. Amy couldn’t help but smirk; she didn’t feel bad in the least that Hannah was being scolded. Hannah used her powers as luna to get her brother out of the hospital and placed in the palace. They had just arrived at the palace after her father told Hannah that they needed to speak. Amy was surprised that Hannah allowed them to enter the palace, but she stood before them with her arms folded across her chest and her lips pressed in a thin line. “I’m protecting my brother,” Hannah said in return. “You need to get us we asked for,” their father continued. “Or we will report to the Alpha King that you are only his replaced bride.” Amy wanted to laugh on the spot, but Hannah’s clothing caught her eyes. They were Haute Couture from luxury brands. Hannah wasn’t worthy enough to wear such designer clothing. “I want your clothing,” Amy said, interrupting her father’s scolding. They turned to frown at her, bu

Sebastian's POV For the next few days, after Sebastian spoke to the elders, he started noticing Hannah hasn’t been around often. She avoids eating meals with him, keeps her head down when they pass one another in the palace, and she even bathes and sleeps after he’s already sleeping. “She doesn’t smile anymore,” Eric complained from within him. “That light in her eyes is dying.” He was right, since the other night, Hannah hasn’t smiled. Now whenever she looked at him, all he could see in her eyes was fear. It was like she was waiting for him at any moment to snap and lose control. “That’s not our problem,” Sebastian hissed in return. “She’s the one who’s been lying to us. She’s the traitor and deserves whatever happens to her.” “Then why did we come to her rescue when Alpha Steven was berating her?” Eric asked. Sebastian rolled his eyes. “I already answered that question. Alpha Steven was abusing his powers as alpha. As the king, we can’t stand for something like that.” “You

Hannah’s POV Growing up, I spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital because of Liam. I grew fascinated with nurses and doctors; I thought of them as modern-day superheroes. The amount of work they did to keep my brother alive was unbelievable. My mother worked as a nurse at the infirmary in the rogue town we lived in. She was a healer and I admired her more than anything because of that. I always wanted to help her, and I grew fascinated by how it all worked. After she died, I was all Liam had. I didn’t have enough money to continue his treatments on my own, so my father paid for his medical bills. The only problem with that was that my father wouldn’t allow me to see him when Liam was in the hospital. He hardly let me see him when he was home too. He would be barricaded in his room and only have my father and Naomi around to care for him. They kept him away from me so they could use me however they pleased. I always felt so helpless that I couldn’t be there for my brother. I

Hannah’s POV “You didn’t have to get me the hot cocoa,” I said softly as I continued reading through the books. Dr. Davis eyed me carefully, as I took some notes on some natural ways to calm a wolf’s madness. “I know,” he said, narrowing his eyes at me. “But it’s cold out and your nose was getting red. As cute as it was, I didn’t want you getting frost bit.” He spoke softly and he touched my arm as he said those words. I almost felt a bit uncomfortable at the gesture, but I gave him a pleasant smile and we continued our studies. My focus was to find out ways to calm Sebastian, especially during the full moon. If I was going to be married to him, I didn’t want to live my life in fear. I wanted to know he was going to be okay, even when he loses control. A few things caught my eyes as I scanned the books. It was saying that during wolf madness, even if it wasn’t the full moon, he could still lose control if he was too tired. “I think I found something,” Dr. Davis said, pointing a

Sebastian’s POV As the full moon rose gradually, Sebastian ate the last of his food. He could feel his mind going dark and the anger rising through him. He tried to calm his wolf down before it was too late, but he knew from the years of this happening, that it was unavoidable. He stared at the spot at the table where Hannah would typically be sitting. But she wasn’t home from work yet. He knew the best thing to do at that moment was to find Beta Arnold and get himself chained in the dungeon. That was his ritual every full moon, but he couldn’t bring himself to search for Arnold. All he could think about was Hannah and sinking his teeth into her neck to mark her as his. His hands trembled as he stood; most of the staff were away. They were probably in hiding knowing what day of the month it was. Beads of sweat piled on Sebastian’s forehead and his lip curled up in a snarl. The darkness that was closing around his vision was turning red as fury rose throughout him. Eric was growing