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Chapter 1

The healing room was dead silent.The wolf inside me was a dying ember, faint and trembling.The fated bond with Julian reconnected.I caught his shock through it.Then — a flicker of something else. A pulse that almost felt like longing.In my previous life, I missed it. I thought he was just overwhelmed that I'd woken up.Now I knew better. My waking up was inconvenient. My broken body, broken for him, didn't matter to him anymore.I turned my head toward the window. The last of the snow was melting on the branches.Memories from my previous life came rushing back.After Lyra killed herself, Julian poured all his hatred onto me.Day after day, he whispered into my ear: "You wanted to be Luna so badly. Then keep that empty title and rot in this castle."Even in our most intimate moments, he kept the lights off and was rough with me. No tenderness. No mercy.I endured it for three years.Then one full moon, he gave me a beautiful pink silk dress.I thought it was a peace offering.That

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Chapter 2

I laughed quietly.Through the static, I could almost see how anxious he was.I'd known Ethan since the year my wolf awakened. His inner wolf had a patch of pure white fur under its throat. I used to tease him for looking like a scruffy little skunk. He chased me three streets before I gave up running.But later, when I was the one being bullied, he was the one who stepped in. He told them I was the scruffy little skunk, not him.Five years ago, he'd dropped to one knee and asked me to be his chosen mate.That was the same moment Julian appeared.The fated bond was too strong. I couldn't fight it.I broke our childhood promise. But every time we'd walked side by side, every time we'd looked at each other — I remembered all of it.Ethan said he'd wait. He hadn't been lying.That's what a promise should weigh. Not the cheap, weightless thing Julian called a promise — the kind he could break without a second thought.I hung up. The air in the healing room felt thick.Julian's face had gon

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Chapter 3

I stared at his face. Familiar. Strange.His eyes flicked away. "You didn't know about Lyra. Let's not fight about it."He opened his arms and pulled me against his chest, gentle but firm."Your wolf is too damaged. You probably can't have pups now. But this pup — you can be its mother too."That mint scent of his — the one that used to calm me — was on his skin.Now it just made me sick.I pushed him off me. Hard. I held his stare."Why can't I have pups anymore? Don't you remember why?"His face cooled. The warmth dropped out of it, petal by petal."Don't start with that again.""Are you going to hold the favor over me forever?""You took an arrow for me. So what?""Three years ago, I could have dodged it. You're the one who jumped in front."He smirked, contemptuous. "After you went down, I had to protect you. I couldn't even chase the shooter."He tapped his temple. "Use your head next time. You won't always wake up from something like that."I just stared at him.I couldn't believ

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Chapter 4

When I moved back home from the recovery room, I pushed open the door to what used to be my bedroom.It looked exactly as disgusting as I remembered.The room used to smell like white lilies — clean, faint, mine.Now it reeked of Lyra. Cloying, sweet — gardenias.I tried to ignore the smell and started searching for my necklace.The arrow I'd taken for Julian three years ago — something about it had never made sense.I'd never figured out who actually wanted him dead.Even if I was leaving, I'd at least give him that much.The truth was hidden inside my necklace.Show him who pulled the trigger. Then I could walk away clean.While I was searching, I heard Lyra's voice."Rafaela, what are you looking for?"I turned around. She was standing right behind me. I hadn't heard her come in."My moonstone necklace. Have you seen it?"She paused, then her face brightened. "Oh — that. I've seen it."She reached down the front of her dress and pulled out a chain. She was smiling. "This one?"It wa

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Chapter 5

The shooter was Lyra.The image distorted and broke apart like a soap bubble.Both of us — Lyra and me — went pale at the same time.I forced the words out. "Why?"Every one of Lyra's fragile, tearful masks fell away at once. What was left was raw, naked envy."Rafaela! Why?! Why are you Julian's fated mate?!""All those years he wouldn't even look at me!""You were unconscious for three years and he was still obsessed with you!"I couldn't even recognize the girl in front of me.She laughed until tears ran down her face. "You know, that arrow was for you.""If you'd died, I could have stepped in. Become the new Luna. Naturally.""Julian came in suddenly. That's why I missed.""I never thought you'd be that stupid. Throwing yourself in front of it."She stared at me. Her teeth were locked together when she said the next part. "Rafaela. I love him."The door creaked open.Julian stepped in carrying a vial of red elixir for healing wolfs. He shook the bottle. "Rafaela, I brought you the

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Chapter 6

The hand held me up.Warmth and strength flowed in through his palm. I straightened up.I turned and saw the line of his jaw — Ethan Stone.Five years.I remembered the snowy night five years ago. He'd looked at me the same way then."Rafaela. I'll wait my whole life for you. If that's not enough, I'll wait the next one too."He'd said it then with a kind of pained, stubborn devotion I hadn't understood.I'd been too full of Julian to see it. I turned him down — gently, but firmly.Now his palm against me felt like my second chance.Julian's eyes narrowed. His voice was low and dangerous. "Who are you?"Ethan ignored him.He pulled me against his chest. His voice was shaking. "I'm late. I'm sorry."A pressure rolled off him at the same time. Massive. Pure Alpha force.It was like sunlight melting snow. Julian's command shattered against it.Both Julian and Lyra flinched. Their bodies trembled at the instinctive level.Ethan let me go. He looked me over carefully — making sure I wasn't

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Chapter 7

Julian had gone back to his pack — pacing like a caged animal.Lyra hovered at his side, watching him nervously.He turned on her. The doubt he'd been holding back finally broke through."That arrow three years ago. What actually happened?"He paused. Watched her eyes. "Was it you?"Her body stiffened. The tears were instant."Julian — how can you doubt me?"She wept hard. "I've given you everything. I'm carrying your pup —"He gave a short, cold sound. He looked her over. Half believing, half not.She grabbed his sleeve like it was the last thing keeping her alive."If you don't believe me — let me face her. Let me confront my sister!"She choked on the words. "But she's lying. She'll never come back. You have to trust me."He pulled his arm free and started pacing.While he was still tearing himself up, the senior elder came rushing in."Alpha! Word has spread that Luna Rafaela has woken up!"The elder's face was lit up. "The pack is asking for a celebration. The Council has approved

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Chapter 8

At Julian's invitation, I walked back into what used to be my bedroom.It had been put back to the way I liked it. White lilies. The right scent.Julian was standing in the middle of the room, holding the red elixir, anxious.My eyes went to his hand. I almost smiled.His ring finger was bare. He had taken off the mate ring Lyra gave him.He cleared his throat. He started in, full of feeling."Rafaela. These last few days I've thought about it all. The person I love most has always been you. My fated mate.""If you really can't accept Lyra and me — I'll cut her off. Right now."I gave him a small smile. "No. I wish you and Lyra a happy life together."His face crumpled. "Don't say that. I only want you, Rafaela."He was babbling. "I know now — your wolf is too damaged, that's why you've forgotten how it was between us."He stepped forward and pressed the vial into my hand. His eyes were burning."Drink it. Once you're healed, everything goes back to how it was."I took the vial and dra

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Chapter 9

I threw myself backward as hard as I could.Eleanor was pulled off-balance by the force, and ended up directly between me and the bolt.The arrow struck.It hit Eleanor square in the back.She screamed once, hit the ground, and started seizing — her body completely out of her control.Wolfsbane. The smell rolled through the air.Julian had been watching from the shadows. He saw all of it.He shifted into wolf form and tore off after the shooter.The shooter had already fled. Only a scent lingered.A cloying, musky perfume Julian knew well.Lyra's.His pupils contracted to pinpoints.The Council and the elite guard had shown up by then. They got the area locked down.One of the elders pulled the bolt out and went pale. "There's a scorpion-tail mark carved into the shaft. The head is custom — three-edged with reverse barbs."He held it up. His hand was shaking. "It's identical — identical — to the bolt that nearly killed Luna Rafaela three years ago."The proof was sitting right there. P

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Chapter 10

With Lyra in custody, Iron Hollow Pack convened a public trial.The ceremony grounds went silent. From the high seat, Julian opened in a cold voice."Lyra Vance. You stand accused of attempting to assassinate the Luna. The evidence is conclusive. Do you confess?"Lyra was a wreck — but the fight in her eyes hadn't gone out.She denied everything. "I didn't do it. I didn't do anything!"She pointed at me through her tears. Her last performance was beginning."It's her! Rafaela Vance!""She's jealous I have the Alpha's love. She set this whole thing up to frame me!"She glanced up at the moon — not yet full — and turned to me with a vicious smile."Do you have proof, Rafaela? Three years ago — or tonight — do you have proof?"I nodded calmly. "I do. Three nights from now, the night of the full moon, I'll show it.""You're lying!"She was screaming. "If you have it, show it now! You don't, do you? You don't have anything!"Whispers ran through the watching crowd."Three days," I said. "Bu

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