Liora Ashwin
Hearing them chant… Luna, Luna, Luna didn’t make me feel any better; rather, it made my guts churn. For a second, I felt disgusted. It took my life on the line and that of my child to have the majority of the pack appreciate me as their Luna… wasn’t this beyond pathetic?
And Kael, he was there like the man he ought to have been, but at the moment, I felt like he was doing everything out of duty. I leaned on him; a rush of dizziness engulfed me, and truthfully, I was happy he reached me when he did.
“Are you okay?” he whispered slowly.
I could only nod, trying to catch my breath.
On the judges’ stand, the ministers and elders stood shocked and bewildered. They had not expected me to win, not when they had gone to great lengths to keep me from winning.
At the entrance of t
