The Secret LunaReborn to Destroy the Man I Once Loved

I was reborn. Back to the night. I unbound my chest before the alpha here. Thank the moon goddess. I still had not told him my secret cassian's death was spread with portraits of the finest women in all of silver air pack. Just like in my last life, he waved me over saren. Look at these. Who would be my future luna? In my last life, i was so jealous that i confessed everything. Born with the moon curse, i became male by day, female by night. My wolf was chained deep inside. No shifting, no mate bond. Only the mark of my true mate could break the curse. The moment cassian learned the truth, he swore i was the woman he loved most. I got what i wanted. He marked me. From that day on, i stayed in my female body. And i thought the curse was gone for good. I happily took my place as his future luna. My wolf stayed silent. I brushed it off as fallout from the curse, but later he fell for another woman. Ten years he froze me out. Our pups didn't survive the pack's struggle for power in this life. I refused to mate with him never so I pointed to Alora Ashfield, the woman he later favored most. Her Alora Ashfield. She's your best move. Cassian went still. He hadn't expected me to choose a lara. That woman's too rigid. Every talk with her feels like a council meeting. I won't like her. That didn't matter. He would later on the day. I died in the luna's tower. He told me. if i could live this again. I'd rather never have known what you are. Then i would have married a lara. I came back to myself and spoke. Lord ashford is head counselor of the council of the pack council. If you marry a lara, the whole pack council stands with you. Your claim to the throne will hold. Cassian looked up. His eyes locked onto mine. After a long silence. he said, i see. I knew my words sank in. Even in my past life, he had meant to marry alara anyway, after weighing his options. Tonight was only his way of testing my reaction. He wanted to see if i still cared.

I served as his beta for five years, shared the same tower, ate at the same table. He knew nothing about my curse; he thought I was just a man beneath the disguise. I was a woman one who often helped him with strategy over time. I fell for him even he started to feel something different for me, but in his eyes I was still a man as the alpha hair he needed pups to carry on the Valmont bloodline. So whatever he felt for me, he could only bury it. He would never get the chance to say it out loud. Just before i walked out cassian, let out a sigh saren. If only you had a twin sister, if she were anything like you, i'd find a way. Whatever the cost under the moonlight. i saw the look in his eyes. It was dark heavy and dripping with regret. His jaw clenched tight. His adam's apple bobbed. I smiled. Too bad she doesn't exist. I knew how he operated. Once the marriage was locked in, he would cut me out of his life. If anyone found out the alpha hair fell for a man who couldn't give him an heir. The pack council would dethrone him, the pack would shake, the valamart family would be ruined by his scan. A future king could not afford to hesitate, a king who hesitates. Is already dead. I stood outside the iron gates of blackthorn manner, looking up at the carved family crest. My heart mummered against my ribs during my 10 years as his luna cassian claimed. The blackthorns held too much power in the pack council said we threatened the crowns independence. He issued a pact assimilation order stripped our titles and exiled us to the borderlands. My father lord gregor blackthorn was a fierce warrior. His whole life, his dying words burned with hatred. I spent 17 years forging you into something that could sit at the highest table. And you threw it all away for a man who will never choose you over his crown. From that day on, i lived with regret. Thank the moon goddess, she had given me one more chance. I sat in my study all night, by dawn, the news broke. The alpha king issued a royal decree. Cassian and alara ashfield were officially engaged. At the same time, my own order arrived. Cassian pulled strings for me. In two months, i was departing for the south. My new title was territorial warden of ashenmore. I marched to the hares tower at once. But cassian shut me out. He sent a messenger instead. I'd been looking forward to seeing him. We're blood oath brothers. My closest ally looking out for you as part of the deal. No, thanks needed. He called me his closest ally. No, thanks needed, but he didn't know. In my past life, i was his luna for a decade. And Taking ME Out Was The Only Thing ON His Mind. Ashenmere Was Rich And Laid Back, Far From Silvercrest'S Power Games. For ME That Was All Upside. Even MY Father Downed A Few Extra Shots AT The Family Dinner. HE Raised A ToastTwo Years Governing Your Own Territory That'LL Prove TO Everyone What You'RE Capable OF. BY This Time IN MY Last Life, I Had Already Survived MY Mating Night With Cassian. The Curse Shattered. I Was Fully Female Again. Snow Dumped From The Sky. Cassian Stood Outside The Alpha King'S Hall. HE Used His Raw Alpha Bloodline TO Block A King'S Command. Never backing down. The alpha king was furious. He would not accept a moonbound, a cursed woman who could not shift, as his son's future luma. The throne or a woman. Tell me you can see the difference. Cassian dropped to one knee. He never let anyone see his emotions. His face always showed nothing, but at that moment, a tear slipped out. Father. If i can't have saren blackthorn, the crown means nothing to me in the end. the alpha king gave in. But after that day, they bled my father's power dry in the shadows. In just a few months, his hair turned gray. Now, none of that would happen from that day forward. I threw myself into preparing for my post. As for cassian, he was busy locking down his future luna. He stopped calling for me. Kale valmont, the second prince, and i knew each other fairly well. He was notoriously idle, never took anything seriously. But out of nowhere, he showed up at my door to question me. You two were inseparable, he personally arranged the ashmore post for you. I'm genuinely jealous. So why haven't i seen you together lately? I smiled but said nothing but i knew it from here on out cassian and i were only going to drift apart. That was all.

Not long after kale told me cassie and alora were making a public appearance at the lakeside party for the moonfire festival. He pushed me to tag along. And watch. Honestly, saren is something wrong with your head. You've been icing cassie and out for way too long. If you don't show your face soon, He's going to forget you. That was exactly what i wanted. I turned him down. I'm not going. I'm departing for ashmore in two months. I've got too much to do. Kale backed off at the time. But on moonfire festival night, he sweet talked me out of my tower. Cassian has never not once been close to a woman. Aren't you the least bit curious? What he's like with alara? Honestly, i was not curious. Because i had already seen her, he would neglect everyone for her. She was frail and could not carry pups. Until the day i died in my last life, the royal family had only the son and daughter. I gave him back when he still loved me. He would sneak her out of the palace at midnight. Just to watch plays. For 10 years, every noble woman in silver house learned to ride, only because alara thought it was fun. A dull ache hit me deep under my ribs. My pups. Forget it. I would not be having pups in this life. Anyway, with that, i turned to leave kale, grabbed my arm and waved at someone in the distance. Cassian. i froze in my tracks. Wasn't he supposed to be at the lake now? How the hell had we run into him halfway there? Then i felt a gaze land on me. Heavy burning. And gone just as fast. The crowd was packed. Silver bonfires lit up every mask in the square. On moonfire festival night, the air was thick with the scent of unmated wolves. All of them chasing and testing one another. I turned around, met cassian's eyes. He had no intention of speaking to me. Instead, he started talking to kale. They walked ahead, leaving me half a block behind in a blink. I noticed alara was not at his side. Later, i learned this appearance had been arranged by the alpha king and luna queen, but at the last minute, cassian had stood a line up.

I had no interest in tailing them. So i turned the other way. Back in the day cassian never let me me out of his sight. Now he would not care whether i stayed or went he had kale now alara too. And one day he would have his pups. Still thank the moon goddess. I was no longer that jealous and neglected luna. I wandered deep into the festival. Played a couple of street games. On the way, i happened to save a girl from a few rogues. She wore a silver mask, her hood pulled low. Her voice shaky with sobs, hard to hear clearly. I was supposed to meet someone tonight, he didn't come. I did not think much of it. Tossed her a few comforting words. Thank you, but the second we parted ways, someone slammed into me. Kale bear hugged me, pounding his fist into my back. I quickly grabbed his wrist. What happened? Kale gave a huff. You impossible creature! You vanished on us. We've been tearing this place apart looking for you. I laughed. It's not like we never got separated before. I'm a blackthorn. What's gonna happen to me? I told him the same thing, but you know Cassian. He heard about the rogues and nearly lost his mind. He stepped aside. Cassian was standing behind him. He just stared at me, unmovable. I noticed his eyes. The color was darker. His wolf was on the razor's edge of shifting. The way kael was holding me. It looked way too intimate. Kale, of course, notice nothing his arm tightened around me and his voice turned teasing. I've seen the finest women in the velvet den and your waist is narrower than any of theirs. It's a damn shame. You're not a woman. The moment the words left his mouth, my body went stiff. Damn it. It was nighttime. I was back in my female body. The moonstone pendant held the illusion in place. The wolf's babe sent blocker suppressed my pheromones. But physical contact this close, his hand was on my waist through my thin shirt. He could feel it. The curves were all wrong for a man. I prayed he wouldn't notice. Cassius suddenly let out a cold laugh. He stared at me. His eyes had fully shifted to deep amber. Sarah And Blackthorn AS A Woman, NO One IN Silverest Would Dare Take Her. Then HE Turned. And strode away without a glance back.

I knew cassian inside out. He was furious. Good, that was exactly how it should be. It pushed us back to where we belonged, a prince and his beta, nothing more. Before all this, we had played chess and traded letters. I was smaller than the other men, the noble brads picked on me. He was the only one who ever protected me. We were young, too close for our own good. We were the only ones who truly knew each other. But i had lived one life more than he had. I understood now, being with him meant 10 years of ice. Endless blood and tears. I had no power. Now, all i could do was stay far away from him. If the chance ever came and my blade was sharp enough, i would kill him. But that afternoon, a clerk from the stewards office came to me. My appointment to ash and mirror was still missing one final formality, the heirs seal. Without his highness's heirs seal, the office cannot release the final transfer papers. I ran into an obstacle, but then i got lucky. Ashford hall was throwing a feast to celebrate lord ashford's achievements in the pack council. I got the wax sealed invite in my past life too. Back then, i was waiting to marry cassian. Rumors about me were everywhere. At the time, i had not wanted to go out and face any of it. But this time, my eyes lit up. If ashford was hosting a feast, cassian would be there.

At the feast, i saw alara. She sat beside cassian. She already had that graceful, untouchable posture of the future luna. I sat across from them. Just watching them cozy up. It was like a glimpse of a past life, the alpha king and his precious luna, madly in love. Halfway through the feast. I lifted my glass and walked toward them. Your highness cassian kept his eyes on the stage. He ignored me your highness. He glanced sideways. He finally turned his head. What is it? I laid out my request. This is a feast for my fiance's father. I don't want to deal with this. Now. catch me another day. I took a breath and was about to press the matter suddenly. A mind controlled poisoned rogue lunged from the shadows.