“And I am not looking for a Luna. I can be productive on my own,” Alpha Fionn added.

Every Alpha and Luna glared at Elise; none dared break eye contact.

“Get out,” Kallias ordered quietly.

When she left the room, it was Helga the first to laugh and break the ice.

“That will be a headache, that one,” she snorted.

“If she’s really a childhood friend of yours, Your Majesty, she wouldn’t shame your Luna and would never talk to you like that,” Luna Lillian waved a hand to the door. “You should banish her or perhaps send her to the Prison of Despair. The Bloodhounds will have fun with...