The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 253

“Whatever you want to think.” I turned away from her and walked back to my chair. “Applications open in two weeks. You can submit yours with everyone else’s.”

The truth was, I didn’t want to host the trial at all. The whole thing had been forced on me by my Alpha King advisors. They’d cornered me three days after Ella’s funeral and laid it out in terms I couldn’t ignore.

An Alpha King without a Luna was vulnerable. Other Alphas could challenge my position if they thought I was weakened by my loss. The packs needed stability, and stability meant a mated Alpha with a strong Luna by his side.

I’d argued with them for hours, but they wouldn’t budge. Host a Luna Trial or risk losing everything I’d worked for.

The irony wasn’t lost on me, of course. I’d spent years treating Ella like she didn’t matter, and now that she was gone, her absence was threatening to destroy everything.

I never wanted to marry again, truthfully.

was best for his people, not what was best for himself. Furthermore, I needed to secure Lucien’s future, and I couldn’t do that

decided that I’d marry whoever won the trial. But I’d never be intimate with whoever became my new Luna. Lucien would be my

Ella gone, I would never love

Sophia

was on

given her permission to enter the Luna Trial. He’d practically invited her

to hide her smile–had to play the part of an understanding friend who would

Finally, after all this time, this was her

wedge between Alexander and Ella in every way possible. She’d been cruel and manipulative and desperate, clinging to a man who was obsessed with

and he would have no choice but

to fruition.

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