a P

n my heart. I stood frozen, watching

owing the lump in my throat

it was an

let out a cold, mocking laugh that

e with the triumphant gaze of a victor

ging into my palms keeping me grounded. "Rega

ould be

t loud, but it carried the undenia

e forced me into silence. Around us, the nurses quickly

words laced with implications, painting me as a je

't... Dorian, I don't want to accuse her, but the look in her ey

ugh our Mind-Link. "She's lyi

der than it had been out loud, a wall of iron

ainful howl, mourning the

n he finally looked at me, his eyes like

re," he said, each word a s

y, I am your mate. I am

nterrupted again, his t

e Alpha King, his words held a binding forc

t resist the command. I felt my dignity being stripped away

n's embrace. She gave me a tiny, al

st defense. I turned, each

f everyone's eyes on my b

ey would see the tears in my eyes.

as I walked out of the hospital doors. I

y street, the city's neon lights

house that was nominally our "hom

ated Mate like this? If this is desti

the sound of several cars bra

black Bentley. The window rolled down slow

ed, his voice flat a