Crystal
The throne room spun around me as Blade's words echoed like a death sentence. "I, Blade, Lycan King of the Sun Territory, reject you, Crystal, as my mate and Luna."
Pain ripped through my chest as the forced mate bond began to shatter. I screamed, collapsing to my knees on the cold marble floor.
"We lost everything," Gem whimpered in my mind. "Our dreams, our future..."
"No, no, please!" I reached for Blade, but he stepped back, his face carved from stone. "I did it for us, for our pup!"
"The pup isn't mine," Blade's voice cut like ice. "And you... you brought magic into my kingdom. After what happened to my mother..."
I clutched my swollen belly, tears streaming down my face. "Sarah," I whispered, rage mixing with my despair. "That treacherous little snake! She told you lies
