The Alpha’s Rejected Human Luna
It burns my tongue, my throat, then settles in my stomach like a hot stone.
Warmth radiates out. My pulse steadies. The edges of the room sharpen.
Morwen leans on the table opposite me, arms folded, face as closed as ever. Only her eyes betray anything—regret, maybe. Resignation.
“Once,” she says quietly, “long before you were called Lilah, long before Ronan wore this face, there was a war.”
There’s always a war, I think, but I bite my tongue.
“Our kind had grown careless,” she continues. “Territories bloated, borders stretched thin. Humans were restless. Rogues multiplied in shadows. The Goddess sent warnings. Signs. Dreams. Most were ignored.”