After that day, the panic only worsened.
I knew what was building between Sebastian and me. It was a wire stretched to its breaking point, and any second now, it would snap.
I even considered moving out.
But Vincent would demand a reason, and I had nothing to give him.
I thought about confessing everything, begging him to break the mate bond.
I couldn't do it.
Pack law was absolute on this point. A Luna who betrayed her Alpha committed the gravest crime in wolf society. I'd be stripped of my title, exiled from the pack, or dragged to the square and put to death.
I was terrified of losing everything I had. Terrified of Vincent throwing me away. Terrified of every pair of eyes in the pack turning on me at once.
So I kept the mask on. I stood next to Vincent and played the loyal, devo
