Moon-Scarred Vow

Mating with Kaelen, the strongest Alpha around, I thought I'd be the happiest Luna ever.

That was until my Silver Moon Ceremony, the one that would officially make me Luna of the Night-fang pack. That's when I found Kaelen on his knees before some red-haired she-wolf.

He was doing a blood-bond ritual, one that drains all your spirit, all to protect her kid. His kid, in her belly.

For this cub, he was even willing to push back our Silver Moon Ceremony, making me look like a fool in front of the whole pack.

He conveniently forgot that I was pregnant too – with his actual first heir.

So, the night our Silver Moon Ceremony was supposed to happen, I started a different ritual: the Moon Eclipse Unbinding.

Come the full moon, I'm using an ancient ritual from the old texts to cut our mate bond for good.

And when I do, Kaelen will feel the same gut-wrenching pain I'm feeling.

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Three months pregnant, and right before our mating ceremony, I found out my mate betrayed me.

I stood at the edge of the woods, my heart hammering in my chest. Tomorrow was my Silver Moon Ceremony. I was supposed to officially become Luna of the Night-fang pack, Kaelen's forever mate.

But now, everything was a mess.

"I know this isn't easy, Lyra, but it's my duty," Kaelen's voice, deep and firm, drifted from the sacred grove.

I crept closer, hiding behind an ancient oak. Moonlight dappled the ground through the leaves. In the center of a small stone circle, my mate, the powerful Alpha of our pack, was on one knee, his hands supporting a red-haired she-wolf.

Lyra Thorne.

Tears streamed down her pale face; she looked so fragile, so helpless. But there was something else in her amber eyes, a flicker of something hidden – not fear, but… scheming.

"Alpha, my cub won't survive without you," she choked out, one hand protectively on her slightly rounded belly. "This bloodline… your bloodline… needs your protection."

I felt something inside me shatter.

A sharp pain shot through our mate bond, and I had to bite the back of my hand to keep from crying out.

"The blood bond ritual has to be done tonight, when the full moon is brightest," Kaelen replied, his voice softer than I'd ever heard it. "Otherwise, the cub might die because its bloodline isn't stable."

"But tomorrow is your Silver Moon Ceremony with Sera…" Lyra bit her lip. "She'll hate me."

"It's not your fault." Kaelen's hand moved to Lyra's stomach. I watched as his palm glowed with Alpha power over her slight bump, the golden light almost blinding under the moonlight. "I'll handle Sera."

I couldn't take it anymore. Fury replaced the shock and pain. I turned and slipped away, my steps so light they barely stirred the air.

Back in our den, the place I thought was filled with love, I pulled out the pack's oldest book. My fingers traced the records