Mauve watched the Luna closely since Clara had told her about her past. She already knew most of the public details, but the cruelty in how the Luna abandoned her once-perceived daughter was nothing short of petty and malicious, steeped in her own insecurity about her position and rank. And that was because the Luna knew her real father hadn’t been an Alpha, but a Gamma. Her mother’s personal Gamma. Mauve knew all the sordid little details about that affair. It was the same boring story of cowardice and betrayal that followed all affairs. The only thing that made it interesting was that her mother’s mate, the Alpha, never knew, and he proudly introduced Alice as his. And that he secured her the Luna of Silver Pack position because of her ‘impeccable’ bloodlines. But Luna Alice was a nast

