He Rejected Me, So I Took His Crown

He rejected me beneath the moon. He thought that would be the end of me. Cassian Vale, my fated mate, cast me aside in front of the entire court. He expected me to lower my eyes, accept the shame, and disappear like every other unwanted Luna before me. He forgot one thing. I was never built to disappear. The court wanted me broken. The elders wanted me silent. The old mate bond wanted me obedient.
But I had spent years learning their laws, their secrets, and the price of every crown in the kingdom. So I stopped begging for a place beside a man who did not want me. I took power instead. With enemies circling and a ruthless fighter named Riven Black standing at my side, I turned every insult into leverage and every betrayal into a weapon. But power has a cost, and the final choice waiting for me could destroy the bond I was born with, the throne I claimed, and the man who chose me without needing fate to command it.