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CHAPTER TEN: QUEEN DAGGER

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AVA

Morning finds me beneath layers of silk, drowning in the weight of roses and responsibility. Light spills through the tall windows, golden and soft, but it doesn’t warm me. I’m Luna now.

And I feel like a prisoner in a crown.

There’s a sharp knock at the door. Before I can even call out, it opens, revealing a girl with thick black hair twisted into a braid down her spine. Her movements are fluid, practiced. She bows low.

“My name is Jatine. I’ve been assigned as your personal maid, Luna.”

Luna.

It still sounds like a lie.

I nod, eyes scanning her for hidden motives. Everyone here smiles too easily, speaks too softly. Like every sentence hides a blade.

Jatine begins her tasks with silent precision…folding clothes I haven’t worn, arranging shoes I didn’t choose, tidying a room that isn’t mine. I watch her quietly, my hands curled into fists beneath the sheets.

“I want a tour,” I say, finally.

She glances up, startled. “Of the pack?”

“Yes. All of it.”

She hesitates. “The Alpha prefer
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