LIVIA
I stood there, silent, my breathing shallow, and listened to every word Tristan poured out like poison and fire. He didn’t know I was there. He didn’t know his walls were thin when rage spoke for him. And I heard it all... every threat, every promise, every filthy devotion he still gave to that wolf who had no value.
Yelena.
The name tasted bitter on my tongue.
I didn’t understand how someone could be so desperate to become Luna of a man she had no right to. No bond. No mark. No claim. Just papers, contracts, and pity. And yet she stood there like she owned him.
She had a mate. A fated one. I even heard they worked together. So why couldn’t she accept what the moon gave her? Why couldn’t she take her destiny and leave my mate alone?
But no. She always found a way. Always slippe
