Isabella’s fear spiked. What game was he playing? Was he trying to force her to admit what had happened in the dining room? Fine! She wouldn’t hide anything. If he wanted to punish her, so be it—but she would tell her side of the story before he made up his mind.
“Look, I just wanted to leave peacefully after breakfast, but Maya provoked me… and she called me names,” Isabella said, taking a breath. As she spoke, Killian’s expression darkened, his eyes hardening as he listened to his Luna’s words.
“So I slapped her—but not hard—just to remind her that I’m the Luna of the Blood Moon pack, and no one can call me names or disrespect me,” she continued in one breath before inhaling deeply.
“You slapped her?!” Killian’s brow furrowed. Killian had been at the training ground all day and hadn’
