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Claim\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t that I didn\u2019t want a mate. It was just\u2026 four And the biggest playboys on the entire Lycandra. \u2018Way to make me feel secure after brutally making sure I didn\u2019t ever in my life,\u2018 moon goddess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was this the Goddess\u2019s idea of a joke?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then there was Ethan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For years, I thought he was my future. But now, he was with my friend, and somehow, I wasn\u2019t as devastated as I expected to be only after a couple of hours. Maybe I had been more in love with the idea of us than the actual reality. Still, the sting of rejection lingered, and deep down, I couldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
shake the fear-\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if the Caine brothers changed their minds?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if I wasn\u2019t enough?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I barely had anything to my name. I was the scholarship kid, the girl with no pack name, no rank,\u00a0<\/p>\n
and no money. I wasn\u2019t born for this world\u2013not in the way they were. What if they saw that\u00a0<\/p>\n
eventually? What if they left me, too?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you even listening to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lila\u2019s voice snapped me back to reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We were in the kitchen now, sleek stainless steel appliances and granite countertops surrounding\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSorry, Lil,\u201d I muttered, yanking open the fridge and grabbing a wrapped lasagna. \u201cJust\u2026 a lot on my\u00a0<\/p>\n
mind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She perched on a stool, watching me too closely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know you can tell me anything, right?\u201d Her voice softened. \u201cYou\u2019re family. You were always my sister, even before you were mated to my brothers. And trust me, whatever you say stays between us. Sisters before misters, always.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I chuckled despite myself, setting the food down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks, Lil. I just-\u201cI sighed, warming the plates in the oven. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m drowning in all of this. The academy\u2019s already buzzing with rumours, and can feel the she\u2013wolves glaring daggers at me. Everyone acts like I hit the jackpot, but what if I\u2019m not good enough for them? What if they regret being mated to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lila frowned, setting her fork down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRhea, stop. You\u2019re spiralling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, listen, \u201cI pressed on. \u201cI\u2019m not rich, or powerful, or\u2026 whatever they expect a Luna to be. I\u2019m just\u00a0<\/p>\n
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the scholarship kid whose parents left her in the woods. What if\u2013what if they decide I\u2019m not enough? And then there\u2019s Ethan-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, for **Goddess\u2019s sake**!\u201d Lila interrupted, smacking me on the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the-!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up and listen, Rhea Morgan, because I\u2019m only saying this once.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She jabbed a finger at me, her eyes blazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clar\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not a nobody. You don\u2019t need money, jewels, or Goddess\u2013tier powers to deserve my brothers. If anything, they\u2019re the lucky ones. They should worship the ground you walk on for even looking their way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLila, I-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, let me finish,\u201d she snapped. \u201cYes, they\u2019ve made mistakes, but I swear on the Moon Goddess herself, they\u2019d never hurt you. Anyone with eyes can see how they look at you\u2013like you hung the stars in the damn sky. So, take your time, make them work for it, but stop doubting yourself. You deserve this, Rhea. You deserve them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at her, tears threatening to spill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could stop myself, I launched at her, hugging her so tightly that we both tumbled off the\u00a0<\/p>\n
stools onto the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo wonder Theo\u2019s head over heels for you,\u201c* I mumbled, pulling her back up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously,\u201d she said, flipping her hair dramatically.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for the record, who cares if they find out about Ethan? It\u2019s not like they\u2019re saints. They\u2019ll just have to get over it.\u201d I said\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that was when everything went to hell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seth\u2019s POV:\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second her scent hit the air, I knew exactly where she was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I smirked, stretching lazily against the doorway, arms crossed, as I watched her and Lila huddled over their plates like two troublemakers plotting something devious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rhea looked too comfortable, too relaxed\u2013like she wasn\u2019t in the middle of the f*****g lion\u2019s den. And that was exactly how I wanted my snowflake to feel all the time because this was her home. We were her home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Lila?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She had that little sister grin that meant she was stirring s**t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew that look well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stepped forward, slow and deliberate, making my presence known.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lila noticed me first. She froze, eyes darting to the doorway just as Jaxon, Callum, and Rory stepped in behind me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Rhea?\u00a0<\/p>\n
She kept talking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Claim\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026who cares if they find out about Ethan? It\u2019s not like they\u2019re saints. They\u2019ll just have to get over it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second his name left her lips, the energy in the room snapped. A low, guttural growl rumbled through my chest before I even realized it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t the only one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room vibrated with dominance, the air growing thick and oppressive, charged with something raw. Rhea went rigid, her spoon clattering against her plate as her wide blue eyes flicked up to meet mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, snowflake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You just f****d up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jaxon stepped forward, slow and controlled, as a predator sizes up its prey. His usually cocky smirk was gone, replaced with something far more lethal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho. Is. Ethan?\u201d Callum\u2019s voice was pure ice, cold and cutting, leaving no room for lies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lila palmed her forehead, looking anywhere but at us. \u201cGood luck, sis,\u201d she muttered, slipping behind Rhea like the little traitor she was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jaxon didn\u2019t take his eyes off her, his gaze burning molten hot and filled with something dangerous.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he touch you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The way he asked it\u2013his voice low and lethal, possessive and dark\u2013sent a shiver down my spine. That was f*****g saying something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I didn\u2019t even want to know what it did to Rhea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rory, usually the first to crack a joke, was dead silent, his jaw tight, his fists clenched so hard his knuckles turned white.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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