Becoming Luna
And tonight, I had dragged him into a lie I hated almost as much as the truth.
“Is she settled now?” I asked.
His jaw moved slightly before he answered. “Yes.”
Silence hummed between us.
Aria.
The omega I’d last properly noticed years ago, quiet, unobtrusive, a shadow among wolves. Now… Luna in name only. A mask my people needed. A sacrifice I had demanded.
Because Crescent Stone must not fracture.
Because Selene must be protected — even in her absence.
I exhaled slowly. “Good.”
He nodded once.