---- "What's going on?" I asked. "Well... Elisa has been spreading word around the pack, saying the Alpha has already broken the mate bond with you, and..." Beta Jack trailed off, glancing at me nervously, as if afraid to go on. "Go on. What else did she say?" I urged. "She said you fed her wolfsbane... and caused the death of the Alpha's heir." I caused her harm? Leno was the one who killed their pup, yet Elisa was blaming me. She wanted to use public opinion to force me to leave. It was too bad she picked the wrong target-right now, it was Leno who wouldn't let me go. That very night, Leno learned about the rumors spreading in the pack through the Beta. ---- He flew into a rage and immediately ordered the two wolves who had insulted me the most to be banished from the pack. "My Luna will only ever be Flora, and Lucas is the only heir to this pack. Anyone who spreads false rumors again can get out of my pack right now!" he yelled. Elisa watched this scene unfold from a corner, her expression growing darker by the second. They had been together for eight years! She had been on the verge of becoming Luna, only to be knocked back to nothing at the final moment. How could she possibly accept this? What was so great about me anyway?