Luna's Deadly Deception: How She Made Her Alpha Pay novel Chapter 17

In her den, Aurora clutched the death announcement, pacing maniacally. "Finally! The obstacle is gone! Blame yourself, Thea, for standing in my path!"

In his office, Kieran was in a late meeting when his phone buzzed. Reading the news of Thea's death, his eyes blazed crimson, his massive frame shaking violently.

"Impossible!" he roared, his wolf howling in anguish. His Luna couldn't be dead.

His beta quickly cleared the room as Kieran collapsed, rushing him to the pack healers.

Two hours later, Kieran awoke, immediately checking the announcement again. "Thea... forgive me..." His voice broke. "How could you leave me? How do I live without you?"

"Book me passage to Norvaria. I must see her one last time."

Aurora burst in, watching her Alpha reduced to a grieving shell. Even when she'd left him years ago, he hadn't broken like this.

What made Thea so special?

"You'll go to Norvaria? She's dead! Return penniless?" Aurora grabbed his arm.

Kieran's eyes turned deadly as he seized her throat. "If you hadn't stopped me from finding her, she'd be alive! You killed her! Once this pup arrives, I'll destroy you!"

"Does your heart ache?" he asked.

"Not for him. For myself," Thea replied coldly.

When Aurora first taunted her, she'd laid sleepless while Kieran rested peacefully with his lover. Her anniversary moonflowers were Aurora's rejects. While she recovered from injury, they'd claimed her den, her mating bed.

Shouldn't she save her sympathy for herself?