Semua Bab After Rebirth, I Refuse to Be Your Luna Again: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Our Alpha Brooks Sutton sat on the couch, his knuckles tapping a slow, steady beat against the armrest.When those golden eyes swept over me, my whole body tensed before I could stop it.“Where were you last night? I think I caught your scent too.”I dug my nails into my palm and forced myself to stay calm.“There was an emergency in the middle of the night. By the time I'd dealt with it, it was nearly morning, so I just slept in the downstairs guest room.”Thankfully the heat poison left a wolf half out of his mind, so Brooks couldn't have gotten a clear look at my face.Cassia tilted her head slightly, and the kiss marks on her neck were plain to see.It made for a simple story, and the old Luna nodded, satisfied, then turned to her son.Brooks's gaze rested on Cassia for a long moment before he finally spoke.“Since you're the one who broke the poison for me, you should stay at my side. The full moon celebration is coming, and I'll mark you in front of everyone.”Cassia flushed and

Brooks took Cassia to the hot-spring estate, the one built where the Moon Goddess was said to have once walked the earth.Her giggling drifted across the grounds without a pause.I found a quiet spot to sit in the sun, and a maid beside me muttered under her breath.“Luna Cassia has to be the Alpha's fated mate. He used to work until dawn every night, his whole mind on the pack, and now he spends every day at her side.”“Right? We've seen the Alpha's other girlfriends before, and he never doted on any of them like this.”In my last life, every one of those words had been about me.I was still sitting there in a daze when the steward called out to me.“Dr. Hart, the Alpha's asking for you.”The servants looked at me with something close to pity in their eyes.I used to be the one always at the Alpha's side.He had never once left me the time to sit out here in the sun alone.But now he had fallen for the woman who worked under me.I drew a few deep breaths, steeled myself, and walked to

My leave ended fast, and I was on my way to give Brooks his checkup.A maid spotted me and spoke up.“Dr. Hart? Weren't you assigned to look after Luna Cassia full-time? What are you doing back here?”“My time off left me foggy. I forgot.”I forced myself to perk up, smiling on the outside while I wept somewhere underneath.When I hurried to her room, Brooks was there having a meal with her. Cassia fed him by hand right in front of me, on purpose, and he pulled her into his lap and bit kisses along her neck. By the time they were done, my legs had gone numb from standing.Cassia put on a show of surprise. “Lena, how could you just stand there and watch the whole time?”Brooks mocked me without the slightest hesitation. “She's far too dull and boring. Train her up and she's still handy enough when you need her.”Was I only handy when he needed me?It suddenly took me back to being six, the year my parents and I came to the Meadow Pack.Back then his parents were out of the old Alpha's f

As her words landed, Theo's face fell, but he didn't argue.Brooks looked at the jacket someone held out to him.He walked straight up to me and settled it over my shoulders.Then his face went cold, he turned, and the full weight of an Alpha's power rolled off him.He drove a kick into Theo's chest.Even that wasn't enough to satisfy him.He hauled Theo up by the collar and put a brutal punch into him.“Alpha.”Theo's voice shook, and blood spilled from his lips.I threw myself in to stop it, afraid Brooks would beat him to death in front of everyone.But Brooks's eyes were locked on my neck.He dragged me in front of him, his grip vicious.He stared at my throat as if he could see straight through it.“He marked you, didn't he?”His voice was raw, consumed by obsession.I avoided his gaze, confused as to why he wore such an affectionate expression now.“What is it? Does it hurt? It hurts me far more than it ever could you.”He seized my wrist, hard.“Days ago there was nothing there.

On the day of the full moon rite, Brooks had no heart for the ceremony, his mind circling back to Lena.With the rite about to begin, he scanned the faces around him and couldn't stop himself from asking,“Where's Lena?”The Beta standing nearby found it odd too.“She was around just now. I saw her myself. I'll send someone to find her right away.”A moment later, word came back.“Alpha. Beta. Dr. Hart is resting at the clinic out back. Shall I bring her over?”Brooks thought it over and decided to let her rest.She was probably worn out. She'd suffered alongside him for years, and her body tired easily.And with everything today, she was likely upset as well.Once it was over he would tuck her away in his own quarters and find some way to lift her spirits.But the ceremony was half over and still there was no sign of her.Brooks could no longer keep his temper in check.His face had gone completely dark.“Bring her here!”But right up until the marking ceremony ended, I never appeared