The violent shove sent me flying backward, and I fell hard onto the floorboards, a sharp pain bursting through my lower back and stomach. I clutched my belly protectively, whimpering in agony as he stood over me, looking down with cold, dead eyes.
"Someone as low and unfaithful as you is never right to bear the title of Luna for my people," Desmond said, his voice echoing through the quiet room.
He turned away from my broken form, facing the guards, his cousin, and the rest of the onlookers as he spoke in a loud, unyielding voice. "From this exact day forward, I, Alpha Desmond, will absolutely not have a disgusting disgrace as my Luna."
With those final, devastating words, he turned around on his heel and walked straight out of the room. For a very long time, I had desperately wante
