's

my life dep

s fast

nvisible phantom

out loudly and

lyssa handed me before she ask

s the only one

sn't affected by the poisonous gas laced with Wol

Go, Fast

son who I could so easily imagine as a friend in another life. A lif

e friends. If I can ju

I had to go back

thing hard hits the back of my head. Sharp p

as my vision blurs and dims until I

______

body is shaking. The remnants of t

run and run to try and get someone to help us. To save Alyssa fr

rembling hand to reach the glas

s into my bones, and m

this

, sparsely furnished rooms, and

king has me locked awa

oning and basically kidnapped me from my w

expression comes in with food and other necessiti

are spent terrified, scared of the shadow

l. Only, my jailer is the most

ent storms - is enough to send fear racing through me. I y

s not go away. I am

up. For a brief moment, I wonder if it is Alexa

t isn

s a grim expression, and his graying hair is neatly set into p

of the entire kingdom, he

. Joseph

up from the bed. I feel like a scared little girl as I take him

s h

inkled dress I am in. I fidget under my fathe

he room I am in and then

re settling in q

rld has come to a stop. I stare a

ful feeling

I am doing. He is not here

can stop it, and the sharp twinge

omething in his hands. It only takes me a moment to rea

weddin

at him. The hope that had rise

are marrying the Lycan King. Now, as his wife and mate, you can be his confidante a

y oblivious to my world falling apart. W

Granted, I would have wanted your sister and not you to be the king's wife. St

does when he reminds me of who I am to

e and child from her. The only reason he had taken me in was that t

let me forget abou

s me. Please, please save me from this sham of a marriage." I let out

y met with a hard

r mother's treatment." His threat hits me worse than a

rd in response, he is

cially chose this for you." With that last p

t beneath me. Shaking, I bring my knees

alone, s

et a hold

I am to survive this ordeal. With still shaking fi

alk towards

Eliza, picking this dress out for me. She is the only person in my family

housands of glistening crystals embedded in the bodice, the softest silk and h

ess fit fo

en for the past few days. Instead, an almost childlike glee takes

, hardly able to recognize myself. It fits

smile tugs at my lips

shifts, cold and h

throat as I see a figure

t nearl

I whirl around, my eyes

here, silent and still,

arkness radiating off him, thick and suffocating. I didn't even hear hi

lenches his hand, and the small glass of brandy he holds shatters in his grip. The sharp sound echoes through the roo

n. I am a rabbit in the

eart pounding so hard it feels like it might burst out of my c

, like the calm before a storm. His word

he dress my fiancée

ck a step, my mind racing. I want to explain, to tell h

never, ever be as cruel as to wear Alyssa's dress and mock her memory l

I can't even br

mmands, his voice ha

re, my knees threatening

manage to whisper, my voice small, noth

urls the remnants of the glass against the wall. It shatters with a

" he threatens, his voice low and dang

instinctively. His presence is overwhelming

pain. I struggle to undo the delicate buttons, my v

ses the distan

ency of it all, and I bite back a sob, my

the best of me. Without realizing it, I yank at the

mble to hold it up with both hands,

movement, and h

me now. I am completely

exposed, and

ers, the shake of my fingers, the top of

the dark anger in

with something

ingers towards me, and

e him, too scared to see w

. I am sure he is going to make

at he actually does is something I could