THANE I stared at my glass of gin in deep anger and sorrow. Twenty years of marriage and forty years of being a part of this royal family, and I still wasn't being taken seriously by the Lycan Alpha. This wasn't about me, but about the pack and his reputation. Who rewards his assassin with marriage and a position as his Luna? I don't care if she was the only living soul that could touch him and not die, but this was too much. Our pack had a reputation to uphold. I smashed the glass into the wall in anger. Zelda would have talked some sense into him. I knew I could never replace her mate. She loved him with a fierceness that I admired. I had also lost my mate too early in our marriage. So we found peace with each other, companionship, and a quiet love that bore Veylana. I couldn't le

