THE LUNA THEY NEVER WANTED
I continued, “Let me remind you. I am born of a blood older than this pack. My family’s name built this very land that you all claim is yours. I may have been silent all these years, but do not mistake my silence for weakness. I left my family because I wanted to make it on my own, but I would rather start over from nothing, than be with a mate who invalidates my worth.”
The hall went dead silent, my declaration rolling through the crowd.
“Wait, what did she say?”
“What’s her surname?”
"I believe it's Elena Thorne?"
“Thorne? Wait, that Thorne?”
“The most powerful family in our district, Thorne? How?”
Cries of shock and awe filled the hall, as for once since the moment I stepped into the pack