
I am the true Luna of the Blood Moon Pack and Alpha Kaelen's fated mate. Three years ago, I took a lethal curse meant for him. It has been stripping away my senses one by one ever since. I kept the cause from Kaelen and endured the decline alone because I still believed our bond could survive it. Today my hearing dies. Kaelen chooses the same day to bring home my pregnant stepsister, accept her lies, and take my title in front of the pack. He has no idea the child she carries belongs to another man. My sight is going next. Before the blur closes over it, I will reach the Vow Stone and cut our soul bond myself. Kaelen may learn the truth afterward, but he will have no bond left through which to call me back.

The pack hall vanished into silence halfway through a conversation. A cup touched a table, someone's chair scraped back, and the sounds cut out before either could finish. I saw mouths moving and servants crossing between the tables. A moment earlier, their voices had made a low, familiar hum. Now I heard nothing, even when I snapped my fingers beside my ear. The curse had finally taken my hearing. The grand doors opened. Pack members rose before I noticed why. Alpha Kaelen came through with Sienna holding his arm, and each step brought them farther into the torchlight. My stepsister wore a cream gown cut to display her swollen belly. One hand rested beneath it; the other was tucked into the crook of Kaelen's arm. The child was another man's, though she had convinced him it was his he
