Melinda POV
Stephanie looked, in a word, resplendent. With her high-piled bun and flawless skin, she had always shone in powder pink, and her floor-length, sleeveless dress was accented with tastefully applied diamonds. Next to her, Prince Kai almost looked like an accessory, though an incredibly impressive one.
Everyone went silent and stared. Kai nodded in satisfaction, and I could feel Stephanie’s smugness like a cold front sweeping down from the mountains. I met her eyes just briefly, flashing with contempt, before she smiled winningly at the gathering.
“This is my fated mate,” Kai told them. “Stephanie Hobbs of the Hobbs Pack, daughter of Alpha Caleb Hobbs. After her three months of training with you, she will be wed to me and become your Luna.”
There was a beat, then Beta Vincent
