He Killed My Pup,I Came Back as His Nightmare

In the Mooncrown Dominion, a rare moonsong singer performs under another wolf's name and wins the Heir Alpha's attention. For that, Vesper throws her from a high balcony; her hands are shattered and she loses the pup she carried for Cassian Thornridge. Vesper then severs the tendons in her feet, slashes her face, and forces a wolfsbane suppressant down her throat so she can no longer speak.

Cassian, who once pulled her from a border kill field and promised to stand by her until they were old and gray, now soothes Vesper instead, calling the loss her own fault and begging her to forgive her cousin. He offers gardens and jewels in place of grief, and warns that no wolf would have her if she left.

But her memory is returning, piece by piece, and she knows that once she remembers who she is and finds her pack, she will no longer need him.