“Do not take another step forward until I tell you to,” James says in an eerie voice. My feet freeze in place. I try desperately to move them, but I cannot. This time it is not shock stopping me; it is something else. Has James been made alpha already? If so, why did no one tell me? “Understand this, Stephanie. Even if our parents had been right about us, EVEN IF you were my fated mate, I would not want you. After all that you have done, after all the wolves that you have hurt, you do not deserve to be mated to a ranked wolf, and you certainly do not deserve to be luna of this pack. You will, however, be getting your just rewards soon.” With that, James turns around and continues to lead Lily to the stage. I feel like I have been slapped hard. I look around and notice for the first time that everyone in the hall is staring at me. Great, just great. There are almost 500 witnesses to my embarrassment. Where is my mother? Where is Sheila? I turn to walk away. To my reli

(Margie POV) Almost as soon as I told Stephanie not to worry, guards secured silver cuffs to the wrists of everyone sitting in the box. To my horror, that included me. The cuffs were covered in fabric, so they did not burn my skin, but they did prevent my ability to further mind-link. In my head

(Margie POV) “You will not be going home,” Lily said matter-of-factly. “Or at least not to the home that you are used to. You will have a new home in the dungeons.” I looked at the council and then Randall in complete annoyance. “Seriously, can someone please get Lily off of this stage? I cann

I silently prayed to the Moon Goddess for patience and restraint. I knew that Lily had everything under control, and I knew that she needed to do this on her own, but I wanted to kill Councilmember Brown and every other member of the council that was looking at her disrespectfully right now. Lil

When the guards opened the door and we were called to the stage, we all knew that something huge was about to happen. Robert and Randall tried to resist going to the stage, but I did not. I was genuinely curious about what was going on, and I trusted my son for the first time in a very long time.