a's

t consistent banging, I took a deep breath calming my a

ady had from crying too much over my pitiful life. I managed to get

y?" Alice exclaimed, grabbing

sentence before breaking down agai

ha summon you to his office? Are you in trouble? Please,

rnity, I was able to speak. I told her everything, ho

was speechless. I watched her as she got lost

suddenly shouted, almost

I asked, still confused

was hosting a party tonight? They're going to a

..it's not just a party? It's a betrothal ceremony?" Hot t

g. I refuse to let them take you away," Ali

ust a few hours, and the tears I had tried so hard to hol

and those who preyed on the defenseless. My mind raced with stories of the horrors faced by Omegas, who were sold to other packs. Some we

as an Omega, finding your mate could be the worst thing to happen. We were often rejected because of our weak nature. I had witnessed

stined never to experience the joy of being wit

ubine," I suddenly swore, my voi

ed, startled by m

caught in my throat as the reality of my situation hit m

ought of Alex, another refugee who had become a warrior in the pack. He wouldn't know

do to save me from my fate. We stayed like that for hours,

of boots echoed in the corridor outside my door, stopping right in fron

ck's party," a voice said through the d

elped me put on a dress that wasn't too flashy but still decent. She tried

much. The girl staring back at me could have been happy and pretty if not for the suffering and m

the room I had called home for half my life. I opened the d

with apologetic eyes be

eady made up about what I was going to do. I glanced back at Alic

he escort's hand. We started climbing down the s

ding with a new realization. There was only one way to ensure they woul

think of. It was risky, almost impossible. But

l loomed before me, I took a

aim my destiny... or