LenaBenjamin had never looked at me that way.Not once.Not in all the years I had spent by his side, stood poised at his right hand, carried myself with the grace and strength worthy of his Luna. He had never snapped, never lost his icy composure.But then she arrived.Nova starkUnremarkable and timid, soft around the edges, with her wide eyes and that fragile determination she tried to wear like an armor. And in one moment-one foolish, humiliating moment on the training ground- Benjamin had shattered his own rules for her. Get off her. The words echoed in me like a wound. I replayed the scene in my head, fists clenching at my sides. The way he had crossed the field in seconds. The fury in his eyes-not for me, never for me-but for her.Wolves whispered louder now. They dared.“They say she’s his mate”“But he rejected her, didn’t he?”“Rejection doesn’t matter. The bond doesn’t lie.”I wanted to cut their tongues out.Instead, I smiled sweetly at them, letting them see my perfec
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