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ble platform in the center of the council cham

he Board of Elders glared down from their high-backed chairs. Five paces away, Duke sto

er red eyes with a lace handkerchief, clutch

ble. "The future Luna of the Garrison family cannot be a disgraced exile! If wo

sneered, looking down at me like a stray dog. "A stained Omeg

eep my father from freezing my university transcripts and to retrieve my late mother's research manuscripts. I never expected to see Julian at the al

tanding on trial

-cold stare. "Even the Moon Goddess makes mistakes. I will never accept a

ke, please, don't do this for me... Even though Brea ruined her reputation eight years ago, the Godde

. Disgust flashed across Duke's

his Alpha aura to sever our bond

coat over my heart as sweat beaded on my forehead. Inside my mind, Nova

roar erupted from the back of the hall as a ste

ader, Winston Garrison, strode in, his veteran au

broken ritual slammed back into his c

se. "Who the hell do you think you are? A fated mate bond blessed by the

her past! If I marry her, Silvercrest will be a laughingsto

sole. "What makes our pack a laughingstock is a coward who betrays

e Winston, please calm down. Duke is only thinking of the pack's

nston snapped, his gaze slicing across Bianca's face.

anca stumbled back two steps, biting he

y your fated mate as the sole Luna of Silvercrest, or you hand over the Alpha signet ri

fists clenched white at his sides, his e

rgo, a bitter laugh escaped my lips. Eve

this either. Your precious Alpha shoved me into the wall in the hallway not ten minutes ago, and I wouldn't take a blind, arrogant man lik

hed in Duke's gray eyes at being rejected by the v

s glare that reminded me my university records and mother's manuscripts were s

d tight. "You heard her, Father. Even she doesn't

e side door opened again and the former Luna, Elea

y bloodless lips and the faint pink scars peeking from my cuffs. She signaled her attendants immedia

unexpected kindness-the first anyone i

lpha pressure crushed my lungs. Days of exhausti

e-pace gap-faster than his guards, faster than thought-catching me against his ches