Chapter 3 On Megan Silvermoon's first day moving into the pack house, she had the staff completely redo the living room. "This couch is so boring," she said, running her perfectly manicured fingers over the leather as she smiled at Alpha Nicholas. "Nick, what do you think about getting something in cream instead?" Without even thinking about it, Nicholas told the head of staff, Marcus: "Do whatever Miss Silvermoon wants." Luna June Blackstone stood at the top of the stairs, watching the workers carry out the couch she'd picked out just six months ago. Kai and Cora Blackstone followed Megan around like excited puppies, pointing at everything. "Aunt Megan, we need to get rid of these pillows too! Mom's taste is so ugly!" Megan petted their heads gently. "Don't worry, we'll change everything." June's hands clenched into fists, then relaxed. Those pillows were ones she'd made by hand when she was pregnant, stuffed with special filling because the pups had sensitive skin as babies. Now they were getting thrown in the trash like garbage. Over the next few days, the house started feeling like a completely different place. At dinner, Megan sat in June's usual spot, cutting up food for the children and feeding them like they were still babies. Nicholas would pour her coffee himself, his big hands gentle in a way June had never seen before. At night, the lights would dim and all four of them would pile onto the couch to watch movies. Cora would curl up in Megan's lap, Kai would lean against Nicholas, and they'd all laugh together like they were the perfect family. When June walked by, none of them even looked at her, like she was invisible. The craziest part was how Nicholas, Kai, and Cora used to be super picky about everything being perfect. But now? June watched Megan carelessly toss Nicholas's expensive Rolex onto the coffee table, and he just picked it up with a smile. She saw the kids going to school in uniforms that Megan had thrown in the washing machine with stains still on them, and nobody said a word. She watched Megan serve them takeout and pretend she'd cooked it, and everyone just went along with it. Even worse, they were all spoiling Megan like crazy- "Megan, don't worry about cleaning up," Nicholas said, stopping her when she reached for some dishes, his fingers wrapping around her wrist. "Your hands are too delicate for that kind of work." "Aunt Megan, I'll carry your purse!" Kai said eagerly, grabbing her designer bag with a look on his face that June had never seen when he looked at her. "Miss Silvermoon should just relax," Marcus said respectfully, bringing her expensive slippers. "We'll take care of everything else." It was so messed up. For six years, June had been running this house like she was the hired help, and nobody had ever appreciated it. But Megan shows up and suddenly she's treated like some kind of princess. The staff started whispering when they thought nobody could hear. "The Alpha's so different with Miss Silvermoon-I've never seen him act like that with the Luna." "And the pups are obsessed with her. I bet we'll have a new Luna before the next full moon!" June had stopped caring about any of it. She just ignored everything and quietly started packing her stuff. Then that afternoon, her phone started ringing like crazy. "Luna! Young Kai and Miss Cora are having some kind of reaction at school! The paramedics are taking them to the hospital!" When June got to the hospital, the pups had already been rushed into the emergency room. Nicholas stood in the hallway with his jacket off and his tie loose, looking furious. "June Blackstone," he said, his voice low and dangerous. "What the hell did you do?" She stared at him. "What?" "They're allergic to moonlight grass-you know that." He stepped closer, using his height to intimidate her. "Why did you give them those energy bars with moonlight grass extract?" "I didn't!" June looked him straight in the eye. "I never buy anything with moonlight grass in it." Ever since the pups had their first reaction to moonlight grass as babies, she'd been super careful, checking every single ingredient and even calling the pack healer to make sure their supplements were safe. "You didn't?" Nicholas laughed, but there was no humor in it. "Then who did? The staff? Or did they just decide to poison themselves?" June started to answer, but a nurse came out of the room. "The children are awake now." In the hospital room, Kai and Cora were lying in bed looking pale and weak. "What happened?" Nicholas asked in his Alpha voice. Both kids looked at each other, then pointed right at June. "It was Mom! She gave us those bars even though she knew we couldn't have them!" June felt like she'd been punched in the stomach. "What are you talking about?"