"You are right, Lila was never my mate from the beginning, but she made me believe she was. Her dark magic was far more dangerous than you could ever imagine. She used it on me, and as your Alpha, I am ashamed to admit that it worked on me." Kieran says, the listening to him curiously.
And the pack readily believes him because they've all been under Lila's influence before, and they know how powerful and fearsome her magic is.
Kieran goes quiet for a moment, and when his eyes land on Ace, he quickly turns away before saying, "And about Ace, there's no bond between us. Xiao Jun might have said that because we crossed paths a little. But even so, Xiao Jun will always be important to this pack because he stood with us in our hardest times."
Kieran lies without even a hint of guilt showing on his face.
'It's a must I tell the truth someday,' he thinks. 'That Lila didn't manipulate me with her dark magic into believing she was my Luna.'