WREN "Miranda!" Elias screamed. Before I could register the name in my head, before I could process what exactly was about to happen, that was when I felt the heavy slap land on my face. I touched my cheek where the slap had landed, rubbing it gently to ease the pain. I could hear sounds, lots of them, ringing in my ears and into my brain. The figure stood there, and I could hear her breathing so loud as though she was breathing right through my eardrum. I turned my head and looked at the woman standing in front of me. I heard someone nearby whisper the word ‘Luna’, and my brain snagged on it for a moment—just a moment—before I made myself let it go. I had known Elias eventually took a mate. Of course he had. An Alpha without a Luna was never going to stay unmated forever, and I ha

