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Lucinda's POV

I cried.

I cried for Arthur. I cried for a man who didn't care about me, who didn't care that I would still be fine after he had left me. But in the comfort of it all, Shadow was there, my very own Alpha mate.

When I cried he held me close. For the first time, I felt important. For the first time, I was important. I wasn't the second choice, nor was I the substitute option. I was the only true option.

"I am gonna kill him," Shadow growls, as he tries to stand up.

"Please don't go," I stop him.

"He hurt you, he humiliated you, he threw you out of Aquarius Waters, doesn't that deem him to be my enemy?" he inquires of.

"It does," I nod.

"Then it's final. We attack tonight," he states.

"You are gonna start a war Shadow." I try to reason with him. I am hurt, that much I can say, but should we hurt so many people because of Arthur?

"A war that is worthy of its cause. Alpha Arthur disrespected the Luna of Firedunes Pitt, do you know that is a crime punishable by death?" I coul