Aurora's POV
Gabriel's words exhausted me. My patience had worn paper-thin from his endless stream of excuses.
I looked at him with disappointment etched across my face. "I shouldn't have stopped at all. The moment I saw you, I should've just walked away."
Without another word, I turned to leave, my steps firm with finality.
"You can't become Luna!" Gabriel caught up and grabbed my arm. "Brian isn't right for you. He doesn't even love you! He just needs a powerful Luna as his mate, nothing more."
"And how are you any different? You only married me because you needed a strong heir. Then after the wedding, you looked down on me for not having a wolf, let alone showing me any basic respect."
I tried to wrench my arm free, but his grip was shockingly intense. Instead of letting go, he pu
