---- Chapter 7 Ethan's voice, laced with Alpha command, boomed behind me. I stopped and slowly turned around. "you think your Alpha command still works on me?" I sneered. "We broke the mate bond, remember?" Ethan's face changed, and he reined in his aura. " That's not what I meant..." "Then what did you mean?" I looked him straight in the eye. ''Using your Alpha power to force your ex-mate to obey?" "T just want you to think about the pack!" Ethan's voice rose. "You can't be this selfish! So many lives are on the line, and you only care about some human's wedding?" "Selfish?" His words ticked me off. "Ethan, who are you to call me selfish?" ---- Vivian walked over then, looking smug. "That's right. As the former Luna, you have to help the pack through this crisis. It's your duty!" "Duty?" I looked at Vivian. "Excuse me, current Luna, that's your duty, not mine." "But I don't know how..." Vivian said, as if it were obvious. "That's your problem," I cut her off. "If you don't know how, then learn. If you're not up to it, then step down. Don't expect other people to clean up your messes." "How can you talk like that?" Vivian shrieked. " I'm the Luna! You have to respect me!" "Respect?" I scoffed. "Why should I respect someone who messed up the sacred ritual, got pack members killed, and doesn't even know the basics?" "Enough!" Ethan yelled. "Sophia, you've changed! ---- You never used to be like this!" "How was I before?" I asked. "You used to be gentle, kind, and always thought about the pack!" Ethan said, agitated. "You'd support me no matter what, help me, never let me down!" "you're right." I nodded. "I really was like that before." Hope flickered in Ethan's eyes. ''So you'll..." "But that was because I loved you," I said calmly. " I don't anymore." He froze. "Ethan, you've gotten one thing wrong all along." I looked at him. "I was good to you, not because of duty, but because of love." "But we..."