The encrypted message arrived three hours after Luna's confrontation at the Blackwood estate, delivered through channels that only Marcus Stone knew how to access. Victor found her in the pack's communications center, staring at the decoded text with an expression he'd never seen before—not anger, not betrayal, but something colder and more dangerous.
"What is it?" Victor asked, noting the way Luna's transformed nature was making the electronic equipment around her hum with unstable energy.
"A confession," Luna said quietly, handing him the tablet. "Or maybe a final manipulation. I'm not sure I can tell the difference anymore."
Victor read the message, his vampire senses picking up the stress hormones Luna was unconsciously releasing as her emotional control wavered.
Luna—
By the time
