I stopped chewing the moment those words left her mouth. I rested my fork on the edge of my plate and looked straight over at Desmond to see how he would handle this.
For once, instead of ignoring me, his eyes shifted away from Ema and landed directly on mine. There was a tense flicker of hesitation in his gaze.
"Ema—" he started to say, his voice dipping low as if he wanted to decline.
But Ema didn't let him finish his thought. She immediately cut him off, her lower lip trembling as she put on a dramatic show.
"I know that I am not the official Luna of this pack anymore, Desmond. I know my place. But I just really want to do something right for once and show my respect to your family. Since you are completely refusing to take me with you, then what is the absolute point of me eve
