He stepped closer, but I moved before the flames, blocking him. “It is finished. All of it.”
Moments later, Draven arrived, his face stiff with disbelief.
“Is this another outburst, Luna?” he asked, folding his arms. “We know you are upset, but this is too much, even for you.”
“This is not an outburst,” I said evenly. “This is to end the bond.”
“You would let one terrible night erase our bond for years?” Alden pleaded. “Liora, please… we can speak….”
I met both their gazes, then looked only at Alden. “I, Luna Liora, no longer wish to share any bond with either of you.”
I turned away and walked back into the manor, leaving the smoke behind me like the final trace of a life I would never reclaim.
I had wished that after I burned the past bond items, the Alpha and Beta would finally leave their Luna in peace. But they did not.