ping me of the strength to stand. With a hand pressed against my s

e went out, I stopped

When he didn't so much as look back at me, my heart felt a twinge of pain, my nails digging into m

hing I knew, a hint of disgust appeared in his eyes as he said ruthlessly, "Look, aren't you too old to be playing these ch

nd and left, not eve

ain, but no matter how much it hurt, no

ing from the corner of my eye to the floor, and t

f the car, I scrambled to get to my feet and staggered to the door. Afraid

s about to reach the door, the car sped away from me. I was momentarily rooted in place. Endu

perform an examination on me, and finally she told me

action, expression, and every word tonight kept echoing in my mind. Ho

lking down the hallway, I happene

. The deathly pallor of her face and her moistened eyes came together to form a sight too harrow

and Marianne were each other's mates, while I was but an outsider. I contained the pain in my heart and was about to leave, pursing my lips. As soon as I turned ar

"Sophia, you shameless b*tch

ere! It was out of kindness that our family adopted you and raised y

d somehow slept with Vincent a month ag

"Sophia, from today onwards, you are no longer part of the Evans family. We don't have a daughter

t sobered me. As I looked at the faces of

a slave, abused me and starved me when

head away. "I never planned a single thin

as where

did not sit w

your words for it?" He snapped, "I cannot for the life of me understand how Marianne could have

th venomous wrath, a testam

are not meant to be together. I don't blame Sophia."

was buzzing with pain. Even that didn't stop me from catching a glimpse of Marianne leani

indingly beautiful tableau of two lovers twi

well-wrought eyebrows suddenly creased, as if he wanted to say something. But before he could, Marianne held his ha

comforted her, "Don't you worry 'bout a thing. The most im

the Luna of the Silvermoon pack would have been you, and you wouldn't have tried to kill yourself because of your sepa

de. "Sophia, you are my most beloved sister. You can just tell me if you like Vincent, I'm not go

sister? I a

thing that Marianne had done to me

explain, my throat feeling like it was on fire. "I

teeth! I should have exiled you when I had the chance!" As George swung up a chair i

ice forestalled everything.

ianne, as if nothing in the wo

op George from hitting me, but the next second he drove a