na'

ithout any gentleness and slammed the

y thoughts, she turned towar

voice. "This pack and this house have never given you anything

Even Zayne didn't want me. That's why he rejected me so

on her own," she continued cruelly. "No respectable family wou

er finger pressing ha

our father and I tell you to do. You w

rved into a

ves without you," she added

my spine. I knew

When she said something, she meant it. And in this

I stood there, feelin

ew, right after being betrayed by the

was happeni

if I couldn't breathe properly. My body was exhausted, my mind numb, my s

e being so

from one pain to another wi

d game was destiny

elentlessly in my mind, refusing to fade

ed. "Who wouldn't want to be with an Alpha of his stature? But he chose you instead. That's trul

ike a blade stabbing into

I wanted to scream. I wanted to tell her the truth that

betrayal and watch her

would be

ted me. They had never bel

empt to gain sympathy. They would never believe that Zayne had been my mate. To t

and buried my anger in the depths of m

uddenly sounde

s has arrived," a gentle

to the door and opened it, allowing the servant to

a large, elegant box and placed

at. Inside lay the most bea

ght, and delicate diamonds were sewn int

gasped, her eyes widening with gree

r the dress as if she w

so brightly," she

rned sharply toward me, her face t

u?" she hissed. "Alpha Damon bo

over me with

ossibly choose someo

sed now. Why wou

ike me? He barely knew anything about me. He didn't know my story, my past, my struggles.

did he

why didn't it

through my mind, each one m

?" Britany snapped sharp

snapped me out

t felt heavier than it looked, as if it carried the weight of my future. M

stiny had chosen for me, w

had decided for me,

silent prom

rt. I had already loved onc

ot about love. It w

ily, and this pack that had never treated me as t

Alpha feared by everyone, was the price I

ut I would never allow mys