"Yes! Yes, she is guilty!" A woman at the edge of the crowd shouts. "She promised to help us after our pack was destroyed. After we pledged loyalty, we were left to starve if we did not help her gain ess to yo against her wishes when she wanted us punished."


    "Finn, you have the right to reject your mate. She will die, and we can save you the pain of feeling her death." Ryker says solemnly.


    "..I can....I can''t...


    she''s my mate, I can''t” He cries, dropping to his knees next to me. My heart breaks for him.


    He knows she has to die, but he doesn''t want to lose his bond either.


    "Finn..." Kennedy whispers, king up next to us. "Please, Finn. Please let her go. Let us help you, help your pack." She is shaking, and then I smell the salt from her tears.


    “I can''t Luna. She''s my mate, my only mate..."


    "I don''t believe that." It''s like a switch flipped. Kennedy is mad. Mad at him, for him, with him. I hear the intake of breath of the crowd around us. Her aura is out to y, soft but demanding. "Finn, the only reasor and the pups at the packhouse, you stopped her from harming me, and you stopped her from abusing the people who


    have trusted you as a leader. It was your job to bring them here, now let us help you. Let her go, now!"


    It''s not a question, but amand from a Luna. This girl is going to try to save everyone.


    Ryker looks from


    Amy to Kennedy deciding who to choose. The fact that he has a choice should tell him everything. He isn''t as loyal to Amy as he thinks. He knows


    she''s trash. I can see the minute she realizes he won''t pick her.


    "AAAGHH! NO!" Amy screams. "You are mine, she can''t have you too." She looks at Finn. "This little unwanted human b*tch can''t have both of you. NOOOoooooo!!!" Her blood curdling scream pierces the air. S she was taking each of them to bed. Kill them all, Ryker, and take me as your Luna like we nned. We could be so powerful together." Her eyes are wide and red-


    rimmed. She is grasping at straws, lying with anything she cane up


    with and crazy as sh*t.


    Ryker and Kennedy don''t react, but growls can be heard around the arena. It''s a low rumble at first and it grows as


    it spreads through the rogues


    here. She insulted every single one of the Dark Moon warriors in the vicinity and then insulted the rogue pack by trying to im Ryker instead of Finn. She just put thest nail in her own coffin.


    "I rejected you as my mate.” Finn sobs out, crumpling further to the ground.


    Amy screams again. “Nnnnoooo! I won''t let you. Not until Ryker epts me. I will not be mateless."


    "You already are." Kennedy growls out and lets her aura re. "ept. His. Rejection." For the first time since this whole exchange began, Kennedy steps out of Ryker''s arms. Her eyes are ring a bright vivid She steps so close to Amy, that their noses almost brush. She only has about an inch in height on Amy, but her confidence makes her seem so muchrger. The dangerous tone to Kennedy''s whisper even has