CROWNED BY BLOOD
I said, my voice carrying clearly to every corner of the courtyard, "you rejected me when I was at my weakest and most vulnerable. You chose to believe comfortable lies over inconvenient love. You discarded your mate like she was nothing more than an obstacle to your ambitions."
His head bowed even lower in shame.
I stepped forward and spoke the ritual words he had once used to shatter my entire world, but now they carried the power of my own choice, my own strength.
"I, Luna Blackwood, rightful Lycan Queen of the ancient bloodline, formally reject you, Marcus Steele, as my mate. You had your chance to choose love over politics, truth over convenience. You failed that test."
A sound like bre