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In my first life, Zoe’s appearance at the Acceptance Ceremony caught me completely off-guard. The media had a field day over the reunion of the so-called “star-crossed lovers”, leaving me floundering like a fish out of water. All I could do was force a smile and evade everyone’s questions, which only led to the media branding me as “petty” and “jealous”.

I would not let that happen again. This time, I knew she was coming. I would be prepared.

If I was going to do that, I was going to need some help. That meant confronting the one person besides Noah who would possibly know about Zoe’s upcoming arrival.

I snuck out into the living room, checking various rooms along the way, and found the entire house to be empty. Good. Noah followed his usual routine of leaving the house after our intimacy—or that night, the lack thereof—was over.

I grabbed my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I found the number for Noah’s half-brother and Beta, Scott.

Scott only lived about a ten minutes’ drive away from our house, but the wait felt like an eternity. At last, the doorbell rang, and I answered it to find Scott standing on the other side.

“Come in,” I offered, hoping to usher him past the niceties.

Scott inclined his head, then walked beyond me and into the living room.

“Please, have a seat.”

“I’d rather stand,” he said.

“Well, out with it,” I said as I stood in front of him, hands on my hips.

Scott raised a brow at me. He wasn’t accustomed to me being so forward and aggressive, but I was done playing games. That was part of what cost me my life the first time.

me if I knew about Zoe’s return,” he began. He scratched the back of his neck, his eyes not meeting

him, but

said that it could cause a rift between the two

fluorescent lighting, taunting me. Of course, Noah had told him

him, he averted his gaze. Turning my head to where he had been staring, I saw

on my shoulder. I could not help the light blush that heated up my cheeks. However, I forced myself

you known?”

her application came in,”

did Noah not want to tell

honestly don’t

Scott, trying to find any sign of dishonesty

to me,” I said, “that Noah is straying from

don’t know about

hand up to silence him. I drew closer to him, looking him straight in the eye.

to know, if you had to choose

you, Luna,” Scott asserted without a moment’s thought. “You

inwardly rejoicing at having won Scott’s

to have you on my side. I might

“Anything.”

for the live broadcast of

broke out across

some ideas for that.”

we accepted new members into Nightcrest Pack. We stood side-by-side, arms linked, but it was mostly for the TV cameras. I could feel Noah’s arm muscles tense as he tried to stand as far from

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