Brian's POV
I couldn't bring Ashley back.
What a humiliating failure!
Hebert had the audacity to shield my Luna right in front of everyone! His eyes, his stance—it was as if he was declaring to the whole world that Ashley belonged to him.
And Ashley... that ungrateful, infuriating woman! She accepted it! She actually stood behind another Alpha, giving me this cold, detached look I'd never seen before—like I was some intruder, some clown in her eyes.
Has she forgotten where she came from? Forgotten who took her in when she was nothing more than a stray, desperate for a place to belong? I gave her a home, gave her the honor of being Luna! Without me, she wouldn't even be able to set foot in those high-society circles.
It was then that Kael, my Beta, rushed over to me, his
