"I can't be your Luna," Alicia finally spoke, her voice impossibly low, almost swallowed by the noise of the engine. For a few devastating seconds, Ethan froze, the words hitting him like a physical blow. Five years of self-hatred and fear of abandonment converged on this one tiny creature. "Don't you dare reject me!" he roared, the sound a volatile wave of Alpha power that made the entire van vibrate. In the front seat, both Josh and Nate became immediately invisible, their minds screaming. Why would their newly found Luna want to reject her position minutes after finding him? Could Ethan's monstrous reputation truly have preceded him, even to this oblivious girl? 'Alpha, please calm down! Just hear her out first,' Nate rushed to send through the mind link. It was bad enough that

