“This pitiful mortal thinks she’s the Demon Alpha mate? She must be out of her mind!” One of them sneered.
“Because she looks like Lila, she dares to act like the Demon Alpha’s chosen mate! Does she really think anyone here would believe her?”
“Everyone knows the Alpha only favors Lila. How could a lowly mortal like you even dream of being his Luna?”
I couldn’t help but glare back at them, my heart pounding in my chest. Lila’s eyes gleamed with malice as she smiled cruelly, her fangs glinting in the dim light.
“I thought this tramp might have a few tricks up her sleeve, sneaking into the Nine Shadow Pack’s den like that,” Lila said, tilting her head. “But it turns out you’re just a brainless fool.”
The surrounding laughter only grew louder, cutting into me like the claws they wielded so proudly.
“You claim to be the Alpha’s mate, yet you’re stranded here, in the forbidden lands, all alone,” Lila mocked, stepping closer. Her eyes traced the curve of my belly, still swollen with the child I carried. “No power, no pack... what makes you think you’re anything special?”