They had answered Elias’s call without hesitation, and I couldn’t help noticing that not a single person referred to him as Alpha. Everyone just called him by his name. It struck me as unusual, but also fitting. Elias didn’t act like a traditional Alpha, and that’s exactly what made him different.
So I decided I wouldn’t act like a typical Luna either. I didn’t want anyone calling me Luna, princess, queen, or your highness. I told them all to just call me Lyra. I didn’t want to be placed above them in status—I didn’t feel like I deserved that. They were the ones who’d risked their lives to save mine. Royal blood or not, that meant something.
When we finally got back to our cabin, I walked straight toward my room. But I froze in the doorway when I saw the dried bloodstain on the floor. El
