Chapter 20

Claire

“I’m only saying,” I began, my voice calm and measured, “what no one else here seems to have the courage to say. That… girl… has no place here. We all know that she should not be here, and we all know that she's going to be nothing more than a distraction. Needless to say, she is going to ruin the order of things around.”

One of the elders shifted in his seat. Another cleared his throat, eyes darting toward the door like he expected Liam to appear.

Cowards.

They were afraid of what he would say. It amazed me that though they were elders, though they had so much power, that they still feared him. He had made his presence known and I was thankful that he never used that power on me. Then again, I never allowed him to. I never gave him that opportunity. I was that perfect woman, the woman that he would want as his Luna. At least, until she came in.

“She is his blood,” muttered the eldest after a long silence. “And if he wants to claim he