Hana's POV
I didn't want to come tonight.
I reminded myself a dozen times as I caught sight of myself in the mirror, smoothing out my simple dress, pulling the sleeves down lower as if that would somehow cause me to vanish. I didn't belong at this kind of affair—no right reason to see what would be the moment the joining of Alpha Stephen and his Luna-to-be, Jewel, would take place.
Their union was the buzz of the whole region, the marriage of power and elegance, tradition and progress. The pack was in a state of euphoria and pride. And I was merely… Hana.
The breeder.
The outsider.
The blunder.
But Anna had insisted, and Anna always knew the way to make you do what was right, even if it hurt. "It would be disrespectful not to go," she said, "especially since the invitation came stra
