The Lycan King’s Treasured Luna
"No, Varn. What makes a queen is resilience. Grace. Power of a kind you'll never understand because it doesn't come from who she was born as, but what she became."
The silence that followed was glacial.
Then I straightened.
"I would rather crown her a thousand times over than bind myself to any of the puppets you'd see in her place."
I turned away once more, pulse pounding in my ears.
"I will see you at the council chamber later," I called over my shoulder, voice clipped. "For your sake, Varn... I suggest you come with your tongue sheathed."
"I know how sacred the bond is, Your Majesty," Varn barked, venom laced behind every syllable, "but can't you see? You're already caught in her web!"