Freya his mate, the entire terrace

Only a few minutes ago, they had treated her like a criminal Omega who could be shoved, threatened, and humilia

cold blue eyes swept over the guards with such crushing

his forehead nearly touching the wet st

shed for him, his vo

so violently that

heeks, and the slap mark on her face burned painfully beneath the night air. She should have felt embarrassed to be

de her, pressing toward

at

at

at

her eyes for

s not

ir, her trembling lips, the red mark on her cheek, and fina

ession d

red this?

ard dared

t his suit jacket. "It was... Miss B

aw tightene

old and humiliation. "She planted it

nd Niklaus t

, Niklaus lifted Freya fully into his a

erately. "Please, Miss Berea said we s

us st

sure rolling off him was enough to m

ould have chosen a

breath

the side doors and back in

sations died one by one as guests turned toward the entrance and

eds of eyes fall

ide against Niklaus's chest, but his arm held

moment she saw them. The diamond necklace had already returned to her throat, glittering

hall, surrounded by elders and ranked famil

t, Freya's

had never seen before. He looked from Freya's soaked body to Niklaus's arms around

Jonas sai

art tw

she had wan

m to s

to say h

it was t

the hall before Freya could

e room we

forward. "Alpha Lockwood, I think there has been a misunderstanding. F

into a pool?"

a fr

e ceremony? To have guards threaten her with prison

instantly steppe

s the hall like spark

rotect the ceremony. Freya has always been unstable since her father ran away,

oug

rd crushed the rest

went

s were fixed on Freya, but his words w

as, I was only trying to prevent trouble. She came here dressed

s would please me?" Jonas's voice was calm, but t

uth opened

r beneath Freya, then at the red slap mar

onas said. "If you abused your authority as Beta Maddox'

e crumpled.

s," he corr

inhaled

ld have fe

r cry. But now, held in another Alpha's arms and marked by a bond she h

d spoken

ettle, a sharp female voic

kla

s pushed through the guests. Her eyes were wide,