Estelle's POV
Then her obsession showed, sharp and twisted. "Love doesn't follow order! So what if you've already mated? Your bond is weakening—Cassius and I are meant to be! She should step down from Luna!"
Loathing thickened the air. Every Alpha's mate fixed their gaze on her like daggers. Still, no one spoke. The Harper family's shadow kept them in line.
Cassius remained still, silent—but his aura had grown colder, sharper.
"Can you take responsibility for what you've said?" His voice rumbled low, terrifying.
Melody froze, seizing the last chance to plead.
"I swear by the Moon Goddess! If I'm lying—may my intestines rot, and may I die a miserable death!" She glanced at me, smug and confident, daring me to challenge her.
I smiled, slow and deliberate.
"May your intestines rot, an
