Anna sat with her mother and grandmother on one of the patios in the alphas residence. Her grandmother was visibly upset and refused to take anything to help her relax, while Luna Star tried to pacify her despite her own pain.

It hurt Anna deep inside that even after so many years, nothing had changed. Ari still stole all of the spotlight, and in the eyes of the two women in her family, there was no one more important than Ari, not even her. She was hurting both inside and out, yet these two women couldn't even see it. She was a pregnant luna, carrying a firstborn child of a...