Night had already fallen by the time we finally made it back to the territory.Theodore Grayson hadn't said a single word to me the whole way back from the wilderness. Instead, he'd settled Marlene Smith and the pup, Edward Grayson, into a different car, like he was terrified I might get too close to them.He helped Marlene out of the car with careful, gentle hands. When he noticed me watching, he shot me a look I couldn't quite read.It was deep into the night, but a wolf's eyes didn't miss much in the dark. I caught every instinctive move he made to shield Marlene and that pup from me.This was the same Alpha who'd once held me and promised, "It doesn't matter if we never have a pup, you'll always be my Luna." Now, he looked at me like I was some kind of monster.He asked his assistant, Leonard Hale, to take Edward into the house. Then he came to me, dropped his voice and warned, "Eleanor, because of you, Marlene has suffered enough out there these past few years. I need you t
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