Two Lifetimes of Alpha Trash

Leonard's grip tightened as he pulled Nancy into his arms, her body trembling. "Why didn't you tell me this, love?" "I feared you'd choose pack loyalty over me," she whimpered, nuzzling his chest. "After all, she's the Beta's daughter, backed by the Queen." Leonard snorted, flinging me against ae pillar. "Choose her? " He snatched the scroll and slammed it into my face. "If you don't revoke this, I'll dig up your father's bones and feed them to the crows! How dare you-" His words died as the scroll unrolled. "'Voluntary bond revocation'? You begged the Queen to leave me?!" I pushed the scroll toward him, blood trickling from my mouth. "I'm unworthy of the mate bond. May you and Nancy.rule the pack together." Leonard's expression shifted. I collapsed into darkness. The second time, Leonard Thorne's brooding silhouette loomed over me. "Did you beg for that imperial decree just to ruin Nancy's grand celebration? To embarrass me in front of the noble ladies?"​ I tried to speak, but he cut me off with a snarl. "Enough! Nancy is kind - hearted. She insisted I give you some dignity, so your twins can attend the ceremony. But mark my words, their clothes and belongings must never surpass that of Nancy's child. Respect for the elder is a lesson they must learn from the cradle."​ "I decline," I replied icily. My children and I would vanish for good, and I needed none of his false charity.​ His temper flared. With a roar, he shattered the medicine bowl in his hand, shards of porcelain flying everywhere. "Then rot in the hall with your brats, you disgraced woman!"​ After he stormed out, Nancy Davis entered, flanked by servants. All pretense of sweetness dropped from her face. "Camille Bennett, you're no longer a Luna. What right do you have to stay here?"​ Amy stepped forward to protest, but Nancy brandished a token. "The alpha's orders. How dare you, a lowly servant, stand in my way?"​ I held Amy back, watching coldly as they wrecked the room. The mandarin Butterflies Leonard once carved for me-a symbol of our supposed eternal love-lay in pieces on the floor.​ Amy's eyes filled with tears. "That was the alpha's betrothal gift to you!"​ Nancy sneered. "No wonder he specifically told me to smash it. Your request to renounce your title is a stain on him."​ Indeed, a stain. In my past life, as I pleaded for my children's lives in the Beast Garden, Leonard had spat that loving me was the biggest mistake of his life.​ Nancy dragged me out of bed. "What are you waiting for? Leave!"​ My shoes were already destroyed. I walked barefoot over the debris, the pain in my feet nothing compared to the ache in my heart. In mere moments, all traces of the life Leonard and I once shared in this room were gone.​ Outside, a torrential downpour awaited. Nancy tossed a tattered umbrella at me. Amy and I did our best to shield the twins, but by the time we reached the remote courtyard, their swaddling clothes were damp.​