Kill The Luna

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I sank my teeth deeper and deeper into the soft flesh of her neck, locking my jaw with every ounce of strength left in my body. The sharp copper taste of fresh, warm blood instantly flooded my mouth, coating my tongue, but the roaring anger in my chest refused to let me let go. Lucy froze in pure shock before she began screaming at the top of her lungs, her body twitching violently beneath me as she wailed from the agonizing pain. She didn't even try to push me off; she just lay there screeching into the dirt. Before I could tear away a piece of her skin, Michael rushed forward like a shadow, his massive hands clamping around my waist and pulling me backward with tremendous force, dragging me right off her body while my face and lips were still completely smeared with her thick crimson blood.

Lucy rolled onto her side, clutching the puncture wounds on her neck as a fresh wave of heavy tears completely flooded her face, mixing with the dirt and blood on her skin. She began loudly lamenting to the empty field, her voice cracking with wild, desperate hysteria. "Did you see that?! That is exactly how she attacked me from the very beginning!" she shrieked, pointing a shaking, bloody finger at me as she rocked back and forth. "She has been ruthlessly attacking me like a wild animal every single day, but absolutely no one in this pack believes a single word I say! I am the one who is truly suffering here! Everyone hates my guts and shuns me because of her lies! She is manipulating every single one of you, including you, Alpha! Can't you see the truth now? Just look at what she did to my neck!"

Michael completely ignored her frantic cries, his handsome features hardening into a wall of solid ice. Without uttering a single word or giving the weeping girl a second glance, he swept me up into his powerful arms, turning on his heel to march away from the training grounds. His long, angry strides cut through the courtyard as he carried my limp body all the way back into the royal wing of the estate, the heavy silence between us feeling thicker than smoke.

The moment we arrived inside his private master bedroom, he walked over to the mattress and placed me down on the edge of the bed with a rough, ungentle movement. He immediately stepped back, turning his large back to me as he stared out the tall glass windows. A dark, suffocating aura of pure anger radiated from his broad shoulders, and when he finally spoke, his deep voice dropped into a freezing, razor-sharp tone he had never once used with me before.

"What exactly was that disgusting display supposed to mean, Fedora?" he demanded, his hands clenching into tight fists at his sides. He didn't even turn around to look at my face, keeping his rigid posture fixed on the glass.

My heart hammered against my ribs, and I swallowed hard, the metallic taste of blood still heavy on my tongue. "She... she started it!" I stammered, my voice trembling with a mix of fear and lingering adrenaline as I clutched the sheets beneath me. "She completely deserved what she got! This is absolutely not the first time she has pulled this kind of crazy stunt with me. She is always persistent, always completely determined to cause trouble for me wherever I go. She just never stops pushed me, and she keeps constantly getting on my last nerves!"

Michael whirled around instantly, a furious, booming roar ripping from his chest that made the entire bedroom shake. His dark eyes flared with dangerous heat as he took a menacing step toward the bed. "Yes, she started it! I am fully aware of that because I was standing right there watching the entire thing!" he shouted, his chest heaving with ragged breaths as he glared down at me. "But I was already handling the situation! You should have had a single shred of respect for my presence as your Alpha! And what on earth are you supposed to be, Fedora? An animal? A feral beast?" He gestured wildly toward my blood-stained mouth. "What kind of a civilized person sinks their teeth into the neck of another human being like a rabid dog?!"

I quickly lowered my head, unable to hold his terrifying gaze any longer as a hot wave of shame washed over my burning cheeks. "I'm sorry," I whispered softly to my lap.

"Sorry?!" Michael scoffed loudly, a bitter, sarcastic chuckle escaping his lips as he began pacing the wooden floorboards like a caged predator. "I had every single thing under complete control! I stripped her of her rank, I disgraced her in front of her warriors, but you just had to go and completely embarrass me! You made me look absolutely stupid in front of my entire pack, like a useless leader who doesn't know how to discipline his own people! For god's sake, Fedora, she was brutally beating you to a pulp just a second ago! That petty, extra little bite you gave her just to satisfy your own fragile ego doesn't change a single damn thing about your weakness!"

I kept my mouth tightly shut, wrapping my arms around my chest as he continued to violently rant across the room. I didn't say a word to defend myself, knowing that any excuse I made would only fuel the fire of his rage.

Michael let out a sharp, frustrated breath, turning away from me to march over to his large wooden wardrobe. He snatched the doors open with a loud click, aggressively pulling a clean black shirt off the hanger to replace his dust-covered clothes. As he threw the fabric over his broad shoulders and slid his arms through the sleeves, his expression settled into a cold, completely detached mask. He looked down at me one last time, his voice dropping into a flat, icy command that cut off my air.

"You are officially forbidden from coming anywhere near me or my wing from this moment forward," he stated coldly, his eyes locking onto mine with absolute authority. "I don't want to see your face anywhere around here unless I explicitly call for your presence. You are no longer allowed to interfere in any pack matters, you will never show your face at any official meetings, and you will stay completely confined to your own separate wing of the house unless I send a guard to bring you to me."