Morgana My mother and I spent the next few days finding allies who would rally behind us when we needed them to. We reached out to the heads of the other families in the kingdom under the guise of raising more soldiers to follow Dave’s plan, and everything seemed to be going our way, but I was restless. These families owed their primary loyalty to Dave because of his role as the alpha king. They might be willing to fight beside me because they believed I was working with Dave, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that they’d turn against me when they realized what my real plan was. The king being usurped by his Luna was unheard of, and I didn’t want to find out what their reaction would be when they discovered that they were required to betray their king. The stakes were high, especially be

