“I gave it to Selene,” he replied easily. “She will wear it on our Bloodmoon Territory journey. It suits her.”
My breath stopped. “You did what?”
He finally looked at me, irritation clear. “She admired it. It fit her. You were not using it, so I allowed it.”
I stepped closer, hands tight. “That pendant is not a decoration. It is a blood heirloom. It belongs to my mother’s pack. It was given to me. It is mine.”
Alden shook his shoulders. “She is family, too. Why are you acting this way? She only borrowed it.”
“No,” I said through clenched teeth. “She was never a pack blood. I brought her into our lives. I begged my Alpha parents to shelter her. I gave her a den. And she took everything.”
His face darkened. “You are speaking poorly, Liora. I cannot believe you were truly envious of her, just as she said.”
“I am speaking truth,” I said bitterly. “I regret bringing her into my pack. And I am not jealous. Never. She is nothing but poison.”
The sound came without warning.
A sharp strike.
My head snapped to the side. Heat burned across my cheek.
I blinked, stunned. Alden’s hand remained lifted between us.