Lucian
(FLASHBACK)
Seven Months Ago
“What?” I asked, stunned. “Isn’t she Darian’s girlfriend?”
My father didn’t answer. He just kept eating like he hadn’t flipped my world upside down.
Martha scoffed, standing to leave. “My boy is too good for that gold-digging piece of trash.”
And just like that, she exited the room—smug and satisfied.
I turned to my father, confused, angry, and more than a little heartbroken.
“Father, Mara is Darian’s girlfriend.”
“I like her for you,” he said flatly. “I don’t want you involved with that Livingston girl anymore. Mara is smart, sharp. Second in her academy class. She’s Luna material.”
I stared at him. “Then marry her off to her boyfriend. He’s going to be Alpha.”
“She’s wasted on Darian,” he said without hesitation.
“No,” I snapped. “She’s not
