Alpha Will's grip around my throat stole the air from my lungs.
I no longer felt pain in my neck or arm. There was only panic, balanced on the thin line between life and death.
When his hand finally released me, my body hit the floor with a dull thud.
My vision blurred. Through it, I saw Luna Eileen kneeling at Alpha Will's feet. She was crying, begging.
Yes. That was all she could do.
Instead of using her authority to search for the truth, instead of fixing everything from the beginning, she chose to cry beneath her mate's feet. As if only her husband had the power to set things right.
I remembered Luna Eileen the first time we met, when she saved me from Fani. Back then, she looked elegant, dependable.
It turned out she was just a wife who couldn't speak in front of her husband, and a mother who didn't know her own children.
Through sobs, she pleaded, "I won't bring up Shannon anymore. Please forgive Clarissa. I beg you!"
