an Alpha's chosen mate was supposed to be. She had been

in his arms as if the wo

kah whispered.

s body w

lt it im

sense the conflict that flashed through him. His wolf recognized Freya. His bod

tears. "Tell me she is lying. Tell me you didn't j

flin

tened around her a

movement br

unce our engagement tonight. Your family agreed. M

s said, his voice

her cheeks. "Don't say my name like that. Do

uilt twisting inside her even thoug

Goddess to give her a mate

rom a pool and placed in the cen

her voice breaking. "If you choose her

om the hall, the banquet do

the first time since Freya had

when his gaze returned to Freya, th

is eyes to Freya.

was fine, but her teeth

Niklaus carried her out of the banqu

ared to

towels, dry clothes, and hot tea. Niklaus placed Freya on a sofa nea

owel around herself

nutes, neither

crackle

-shadowed by the flames. He looked controlled again, almost cold, but Freya

"How much debt did

stif

returned

e pack accepted me as collateral. Until the debt

is head. "You be

reya harder tha

e hope could rise too high, his

will clear the

ed up shar

egal fees, and any private agreements attached to your name.

, Freya coul

u do that?" s

t her with cold,

you are

eart

nd because that c

s tightened ar

ed up a thin black folder his assist

ne have political interests tied together. She is suitable, ed

er and placed it on the

Omega as my perman

through her chest

known it, hearing hi

ered softly

s to hide the pain. "

ther pack's control," Niklaus replied. "And because rejectin

older lightly w

fering you

red at th

ontr

and become my wife in name. In return, I will clear your debt, give y

out very soft. "And

es did not m

years, I will

nd. You will leave Whitecrown quietly with enough money to liv

ugh Freya's ches

him for less

ld not h

foolish, wounded part of her that had spent th

herself to read them carefully. Debt repayment. Legal release from Frostwood. Marri

would continue to torment her, the guards would continue to treat her like p

ome the wife of a man who had

is stays between us. No one else knows about this arrangem

and," she

up the pen wit

igned

k the pen and si

closed t

r Freya. "Stay here for the night. Tomorrow, put on these cloth

werful Alpha who was now her mat

s quiet when

keep your word,

d at her for

I," h