Reborn as Betrayed Luna
The massive wolf folded in on itself, bone popping and muscle re-forming until the giant Primordial Alpha stood in the center of the clearing, panting, bare-chested despite the freezing wind, his face twisted in a raw, terrifying mask of agony and realization.
He saw the parchment in my hand. He saw the Imperial raptor seal.
And in his hand, crumpled in his iron fist, he held Clara's secret leather journal.
"Livia..." Asher rasped, his voice trembling, a sound I had never heard from him in all our time together.
He took a slow, heavy step toward me, dropping the journal onto the blood-stained grass. His golden eyes were wide, filled with a sickening wave of self-loathing, shame, and blinding