na'

e trembling under the crushing weight of rejection and betrayal. It felt as though my hea

d myself to

seeing me break. I would not fall there and let Zayne and Mariana laugh at my wea

housand question

I have bee

ealize that Zayne n

hold my heart together. It clenched painfully, as though it might sha

if I had never meant anything at all. All the sacrifices I had made, all the effort I had

by Zayne, to support him in every way I could, to walk beside him as hi

ad always bee

n hurt more tha

y by pain. Before I could stop myself, my legs gave out, and I sank to the ground. I curle

I whispered into

t have to be this

father was calling me, which never happened before. I

s,

d come home," Fredrick, my father, com

ld tell my father that I no longer wanted his charity and would go my separate ways. However, the momen

u hurry home?" My stepmother, Madam B

ng? Who are the

ating the room the moment he stood. When he turned t

wolves spoke of Alphas with golden eyes. They were rare beings blessed by the Moon Goddess her

em was standing ri

ile his shoulders were broad and strong. The muscles beneath his white shirt stretch

lready known about her origin. I must not say this,s

ning? Why did my father

y stepmother had already moved

y cheek, and a sound radiated from his mother, "I've been loo