na'

ont of the mirror, sta

g back at me fel

thing like the fragile girl who had grown up in the servants' quarters. And yet,

mile curve

myself wearing a we

the way he used to. I had believed that one day, I would

rayal... I had beli

tightened

tracing a slow path along my cheek. I quickly

ry anymore for a man w

oor burst open

u're gettin

she stormed inside without knocking. Her eyes i

ose real diamonds? Did you even meet Damon

ned, but I re

entered behind her, holding an e

snapped. "If Damon hears y

na sc

ed. "Damon can't possibly become Re

s. She couldn't stand it. She couldn't acce

ly said, meeting her gaze, "Dam

ana froze for a second bef

stepping closer to me

anything else, Britan

tay with your fat

g too fast. Make sure D

box as she spoke. A so

I turne

n diamonds. The stones glowed softly under the light, radiating

widened

disbelief. "Damon gave that to he

ists clenched tightly at her sides

e," she deman

Britany sco

er toward the door without another word

on," she

nd them. The room fe

it around my neck. The cool diamonds rested against my skin, heavy and

he be so generous to someone he barely knew?

last earring when a soft

dy, we need to hurry

eplied. "I

over my head before picking up

harp pain in my heart had dulled slightly. But

Alpha Damon. You have suffered so much in this house. I've seen everything. I think the Moon Godd

hey were the kindest words I had heard all day

himmered in my eyes. I hadn't realized how badly I needed someone to acknowledge my p

e fina

" I whisper

arriage. I didn't know if love would ever bloom between Damon and

g, I knew wi

and this pack were the

fe, I silently promised myself that I