Roman cocks an eyebrow up at me skeptically when I step out and soft laughter escapes me.“It’s not that bad, okay?”Roman’s chuckling when I look back at him and I smile at the sound of it. He nods and leans on his table again, his hands folded across his chest as he replies hoarsely, “It looks ravishing on you. There’s going to be a commotion because of it.”I smile wider and walk over to him. Kissing him is easier because of the heels and Roman runs his hands down the curve of my waist.He’s staring deep into my eyes when I break from him and I can see the question there. Why do I want to be the one to take Axios to get registered?I insisted on it when he said he would get someone to do it. I said I'd take him, and I plan to do that.As for my reason, I don't have much in regard to that.“I’ll be fine. I’ll be back in no time.”Roman nods and sees me down to the west wing of the mansion. To the room I once occupied with Maya when we first came here.It strikes me that I didn't kno

Scarlett’s pov.“Are you friends with my mum?”I shake my head and stare out the window. It’s safe to say I feel sour right now.Not just sour - bitter, because who the hell does she think she is coming into my home and telling me I’m not man enough to challenge her?I am the Luna of the Ironclaw pack. I won’t be belittled by someone who’s only there because I haven't asked Roman to throw her out yet.The thought rings discordant the minute I think about it but I don't care. She’s caused Roman enough pain to feel sorry for what she did but she’s never for a minute shown any sign of remorse.“Do you know the bad man who tried to hurt my mum?”I groan low because I am not in the mood for this right now. My skin feels like even words could graze it and irritation crawls all over my flesh, irritation, and anger because, “My mum says I should avoid you.” Again I am brought to a complete halt in my train of thought and I frown as I look at Axios, crinkling my face in confusion as I ask, “

“Did you choose pink for the halls on the night of a jubilee?”This conversation floats into my ears as I walk past the main hall, one of the Ironclaw females replies the male who asked, “No, the pink ribbon is for the kid's section, that space at the far corner of the hall. Make sure you intertwine it with blue.”The man being spoken to nods before giving me a bow and scampering off. I walk over to Nadia and smile at her.“You’re doing a great job. I don’t know what I'd have done without all of you.”She smiles good-naturedly and sighs in contentment, “I’m just happy I get to take some time off work and do something simple like this. Sometimes it’s all about the simple things.”I nod still smiling and bid her keep up the good work.Roman isn’t in his office when I get there, but I know he’s somewhere in the packhouse. I can feel him. If I focus, I'd probably be able to locate him.Roman’s office looks clean and neat. Pristine even now that I think of it.I walk over to the desk and r

His name is Reginald.Not a decidedly wolf name, but it suits him. The Ironclaw warrior in the lounge room with me isn’t one of the two who were present in the surveillance room when I got thereReginald is the lanky one. The one who worked fast with a computer and who mistakenly pulled out a video from eight years ago.“I really didn’t do it with malicious intentions, Luna Scarlett. I didn’t even know the video was there.”He’s young, younger than me. If I had a younger brother, I'd imagine they would be the same age but that’s not the point here.“I know you didn’t pull it out on purpose so you can relax on that Reginald, I’m not here to punish you for exposing the Beta and former Luna’s relationship, that’s not what I want at the moment.”He nods warily and looks at me skeptically, “What… Do you want then, Luna?”I divide the mass of cooked noodles I brought along with me into two small dishes for eating, keeping the rest covered in the ornate pearl bowl. I add the meat I know Iron

“Scarlett Collins here.”The phone is like a violent radioactive device as I hold it in my hands. All I want to do is hurl it.“Scarlett? Oh my god, I’m so sorry Scarlett. I told Tria, and she told our mum and she blew it up to the media. I told Tria to keep it silent, but I think she’s trying to curry favor with Mother and it’s just…. I’m so sorry”I can hear the remorse in Aria’s voice.The Aria Tyson I knew would hardly apologize in person, much less over the phone.“Scarlett?”I blink, “I’m still here, and yeah, no problem, it would have gotten out at some point though I'd have liked it if it happened after the Crescent moon Jubilee, but there’s no problem.Axios is her grandchild.”“And so is Maya, but she didn’t make this kind of fuss. Her behavior isn’t acceptable Scarlett, I'm sorry.”Genuine surprise flows through me because wow, this is really a change.“It’s alright Aria. Should I expect her tomorrow then? You know her better than I do, is there anything I need to watch o