I had been the happiest and most grateful mother witnessing the achievements of both of them. Because before all the success and recognition they enjoyed now, I had witnessed every hardship they endured and every sacrifice they had taken just to reach the lives they had today. “Mom, believe me, I never wanted this,” he tried to explain. “But if this is the only way for our pack to have a future Alpha, then as difficult as it is for me, Melissa must be replaced as Luna.” “Do you really think this is the right way to do it?!” My enraged voice echoed off the stone walls of the dungeon. “By making sure Melissa can never return to the pack she grew up in and served for years? By imprisoning me just so your evil scheme won’t be exposed?!” My chest rose and fell rapidly as I struggled to catch

