All Chapters of The Last Luna Standing : Chapter 31 - Chapter 36

Tamara“Get the book of Trials from North today.”Those words from Earth echoed in my mind as I walked back from the woods and headed straight toward the main pack house. My feet carried me up the familiar stairs and down the quiet hallway until I reached the door of the Alpha office. I did not want to push but Earth made it clear that I needed this information. I raised my hand and knocked softly on the door, waiting for a moment before pushing the door open and stepping inside the room.North was standing by his desk, looking over some papers with a serious expression on his face. When the door clicked shut, he lifted his head and his dark eyes locked onto mine. The usual tension that always seemed to fill the space between us softened just a little bit when he saw me standing there. "Tamara," he said, his voice deep and smooth as he walked slowly around the desk toward me. "Is everything alright?"I offered him a small, polite smile, trying to keep my nerves under control. I did

TamaraI sat on the edge of the bed with my knees pulled up to my chest, staring blindly at the wooden door. I did not want to go out again. I did not want to face the pitying glances or the mocking smiles of the pack members who had watched me get humiliated just hours before.How did we get back to this point?I thought he actually felt something real for me beneath all that cold armor. But sitting here in the quiet dark, I realized I was just a fool. A big, pathetic fool to ever believe that he could truly care for someone like me.My mind went back to the sharp words Elder Miko had thrown at me in the office. The elder was right. He did not actually love me. If he did, he would not have publicly cut me down and pushed me away just because I reacted to seeing him standing too close to Serena. He used the excuse of the pack rules to hide behind his own walls, proving that I meant nothing more than a convenient duty to him.A cold wave of despair washed over me, bringing the heavy t

TamaraI sat across the small wooden table from my mother. The silence stretched between us, heavy with all the unsaid words, until the dam finally broke and the entire truth spilled out of me."I want to give up on him, Mom," I whispered, my voice cracking as the first hot tear slipped down my cheek. "I really do. One minute he treats me like I am his whole world, and the next minute he treats me like a stranger or a nuisance. He is so hot and cold with me that I feel like I am losing my mind, and Earth is going to have to leave me here. In a place where I have almost no one to call my friend, because everybody hates me."My mother listened quietly, her thumb gently stroking the back of my hand as she let me pour out every hurt, every insult, and every humiliating moment I had endured since coming here"Why couldn't I have a type of love like you and Dad have?" I asked, my voice trembling as the frustration bubbled over. "Why does a female always have to sacrifice her peace of mind f