The Alpha's Abandoned Mate
“She drove him into madness. Destroyed him with her selfishness. She broke him, and left him to die alone. Tell me, warrior… would you stay loyal to someone who murdered the man you loved?”
A hush fell.
It was a lie, twisted from threads of truth, but to the rebels, it was scripture.
Renna stepped back onto the platform, face raised toward the torchlight, expression trembling with manufactured grief.
“I vow to avenge him,” she said. “To avenge every soul she has sacrificed.” Her fingers tightened on the parchment. “Tonight marks the dawn of a purer kingdom. One we will rebuild from ash, without divine manipulation, without cursed bloodlines.”