BRENNAN
I should have expected Nina’s reaction to me having a mate. She had been trying to become the Luna for years, no matter what I said to her. Somehow, though, I had thought if I announced Kiera as my fated mate, Nina might back off. Realize, finally, it was never going to happen between us. Instead, she seemed to have doubled down. I had seen the look on Kiera’s face as Nina had spewed her venom. As if this was what she had expected the entire time.
The way Kiera had stood up to her, though, had surprised me more than anything. I knew she was worried about how the people here would accept her, and when I’d overheard Nina saying all the words Kiera must have been worried about, I had been ready to step in. To tell Kiera that she wasn’t right. But, Kiera hadn’t needed me to defend he
