. Is everything all right?"

have a heavy burden on my shoulders right now

fered his availability for a cha

ll accept your offer," Em

e day, at E

appening?" "Emma expressed her frustration.

g to keep you safe, my d

e to wed the Declan pack? They ar

ack, Emma. Someday you will un

eserve to discover genuine love? " Emma

he luxury of true love. It's all abo

I won't marry someone that I'm not in lo

ernative. "The plan is already

compel me to do this!" Emma

his pack and you will act in its best intere

ncern for me. What is preventing me from being with h

dismissively remarked, "He belongs to a different g

and he wouldn't harm me." Not like the creature you'

ey and wed the man we have s

ned and isolated, with nobody to seek help from. Then she recalled Joe's offer t

future. We don't have a choice." Her mother said disclosing nothing more. "We want you to be happy, Emma. But sometimes,

't make the situation any easier. "I understand that, but why doe

ou the best life we could. This alliance... it's not ju

se in frustration. "They're the worst kind

ly why we need them on our side. If we do

r mixing in her chest. "So you're willi

irm. "We're doing this to ensure a future for all of

pt that. I refuse to believe that my life has to be sacrificed

. "We've tried to protect you, bu

k even further. She knew her parents meant well, but it didn't make the situation a

ion quickly. She refused to be pressured by her parents into

tion about the Declan pack and their son, who was planned to be her hus

an she had initially believed. They were infamous for their cruel methods and th

cated herself to researching in order to discover a loophole or weakness in the agreem

. They hoped she would agree to the plan and continue, but Emma denied. She was

remained resolute. She was aware that she needed t

her parents to the territory of the Declan pack, where s

all. She was unsure of what she would discover,