*three hours before being taken* My knees felt stiff as I walked back to the mansion. And when I gazed up towards the place I would be calling my home, my domain, the new Luna to its lands, I felt sick to my stomach. I used to think I was so lucky. I did it all for my family, of course. They were always the priority and my main motivation to do better, but a small part of me was excited to live here, to be with Hugo. He was part of the goal during every hard day of my painful training at home. No amount of blood, of headaches, of broken bones and numbness in my body was able to stop me from reaching that. For my family. For him. I was ready to be the Luna and to be his wife. I was ready to be the best for him and his pack. It was a foolish girl's dream. A misplaced hope that should