a P

r, and I barely paid it any attention. My heart was already racing with

the crown jewel of the evening! A flawless, perfectly cut purple diamond from the depth

terious, hypnotic inner light that made everything else in the room feel dull and lifeless. I

prove to the entire pack-to the entire world-that I was the

in wide and infuriating. "Aiden, this is what you came

the place. I felt my stomach twist with hatred. Why was she even here? She should hav

a," Milo said, his voice deliberately loud.

r it. Let Kira hear it. Aiden was mine now. He had re

o confirm it, to claim me publicly. But he j

lf to smile, hiding the flicker of unease. It didn't

d two hundred million. Milo nu

addle lazily. "Fiv

. I could already feel the jealousy radiating from eve

one b

m, cold, and utte

She just sat there, elegant and untouchable, as if she had just order

d of money? She was nothing! A country orphan who had been discarde

fury building behind his eyes. "Kira, d

ra replied, her voice like ice. "Who's t

like that? How dare she sit there with that sm

ed on his paddle. "O

bil

supposed to be my night. My diamond. My proof that Aiden loved me

ain, but Milo grabbed his arm. "A

ed, shaking him off. "

e bil

ut all they saw was her back, elegant and unbothered, as if the m

me in front of everyone, stealing the spotlight that should have been mine. This was supposed to

n dollars? She had nothing. No fam

, powerful figures who surrounded her like a wall of shadows. Someone was backing h

n hit me like

yside to die. She had found a new prot

using that pow

o my palms. She can't stand that Aiden chose me. She can

prove that I was worth more than her. But his face was dark and unread

oking at her