a P

urning with humiliation, the whispers of the a

ceremony. "Well, with that misunderstanding cleared up, we shall contin

other, swaggered forward, a smug look on his fac

," he sneered, his voice a low, vicious whisper. "But that's what happens. You

ed for years. That my presence weakened my mate's Alpha power. I

r had destroyed me, isolat

oded my

ray of ceremonial wine. I pl

weakness, smirked and turn

s back was to

e glass down hard

for the ceremony, splashed across the back of

his throat. "Aaaah!" He leaped forwar

e second time that day, I had brought the sa

ushing to him. "Alea White, you ve

ards had cut into my palm, and blood dripp

White, will expose a lie!" my

t a vicious rumor, created by those who wis

is too weak to handle a strong mate, he bla

d nobles. "And you, a pack of fools, w

slap in the face

of some of the younger women, women who

ain, but this time, the

hat rumor did start

r sister didn't deserve to

f opinion

y bitch!" Esley shrieked from t

ic pair, my expression

ou listen to me," I said, my voice taking on

e White Pack. For this, I, as the first hei

o bond of family between you and I

son of Elois Mercado. You have

as a legal severance, performed in the sacred space of

My retaliation had been swifter and more