Leona "The mating ceremony of my son, Erik, and Leona, daughter of Alpha Alaric, will take place on the next full moon!"Alpha Caleb's voice rolled out over the hall, and the crowd answered with a roar of applause. I stood beside my fiancé on the stage, his hand in mine, a champagne flute in my other, and felt the sting of happy tears. Everything I had ever wanted was finally within reach.I was the only daughter of Alpha Alaric, who ruled one of the most powerful packs in the North — and still I had never been anyone's golden princess. My mother died bringing me into the world, and my father married a beta she-wolf Renata, who raised me without cruelty and without warmth. To her I was a living reminder of the woman my father had loved first, and of the children Renata could never give him.My father had always wanted a son, so I spent my life trying to be one. I was the best on the training grounds, sharp in combat, deadlier still at strategy, and I left grown Alpha males eating my d
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