Dargan’s POV The assembly collectively lost their s**t! “How dare you!” Luna Evangeline hissed at me, rising to her feet, and--- yeah, there came the waterworks! I’d seen her turn them on and off like a robot back when they accused me of her mate’s murder. Hell, I still didn’t know who she’d pulled that off. Or how she managed to kill her mate. But my guess was that their wolves had rejected their bond when Dad started cheating on Mom. And he of course found out the truth about her… I couldn’t be sure, but whereas every alpha in attendance seemed to melt at the sight of her tears, I remained unimpressed. I knew they were fake and just her way of controlling them. Alphas tended to be extremely protective of females – mates or not. Perhaps that was why she’d been the perfect culprit in

