Ariella's POV The room exploded the second Sophia shoved past the guards. “You little mute b***h!” she shrieked, lunging toward the massive bed like she wanted to rip the blanket off and drag me out by my hair. “Get up! Get up right now and do your damn duty! You don’t deserve to be lying there like some fragile princess just because you jumped in front of a whip—” “Miss Sophia, you are not allowed in here,” Kora said, voice calm but steel-edged as she stepped right between Sophia and the bed. “This is the Alpha’s private chamber. And technically… our future Luna’s room too.” When she mentioned the future Luna, she looked at me with a dreamy smile on her face. Oh no. I won’t be your Luna. I’ll be out conquering the world. Sophia froze mid-step, face twisting like she’d swallowed poi

