I must have been breathing so loudly that they instantly noticed my presence.

Beta Elise frowned and then smirked. “Just when we were talking about the devil, she suddenly appeared to us unknown.” She pinned me with a challenging gaze. I glared back with a pair of smoldering eyes.

“I didn’t know a Beta’s job nowadays includes spreading lies about her Luna,” I crooned.

“You’re not our Luna,” one of Elise’s companions hissed.

“Maybe. But I’m your Alpha King’s mate, and he might not have marked me yet,” I threw a look at Beta Elise because I know her face will instantly light up with jealousy—and it delights me, “But...