A'S

all these bags?!" Darius bit o

rius' face grew redder each time the pack serv

had lost interest. Now, that

the corner of her lips twitching up in a smil

r voice high-pitched and annoying,

re than this. Trust me, I'll need all this

is posture stiff as he kept staring dag

r voice harsh as she stepped towards t

ips together, pushing back the urge t

ou

caught Darius' fi

napped, his voice a deep growl, "shouldn't you

gets it from," she started, her gaze settling on Darius, "especiall

illy by someone, huh?" sh

ed back, crossing his arms agains

mile, her hands wrapped arou

eyes as she took a moment to inhale t

him know it wasn't really the numb

her lips as she shook h

say som

she turned her head tow

nswered, her voice cool, "Ke

ped, Elana zeroed in on Dorothea. Her eyes narrowed a

ad towards the pack house. There stood Dariu

as she studied the expres

Dorothea's limping,' she reasoned,

ed out, his voice booming as

or tonight's event," he added

widened as he looked at Elan

hed a bro

forgotten she wa

ved to the seat farthest a

erself from rolling he

in the same car with him,' she thou

le, and without a second thought, settled b

the date of the bridal hunt forward," Dari

a wife," Thalina let out a giggle as

words, "We have things to do! Why must he dem

e added as he shifted his hea

ave stayed be

halina?' Elana wondered, pressing her

against the Alpha King's

under his breath, "I do

for the Alpha and Luna of each region t

g on Thalina, "How could I leave my dear sis

Darius huffed as he

ace before the bridal hunt officially begins. During which a

any pack. It would only call for the complete

o attend while the bridal contenders were announced. So, Iin the pa

for both pack leaders to attend, she was sure that

ged in this life, anot

nsisted on that maid of yours a

oice laced with annoyance. "Surely, you can

plied, her hands clenching on her thigh

she had to argue with a

for?" she asked, her lips

. "You've been different ever since you ca

r hands on his chin as she

. 'She had no idea how long she wou

halina murmured, shif

back on the car seat, and o

head at the sc

her gaze to the window, watc

unbearable. The urge to poison them and get the payback ove

to walk back willingly into a cag

ion?' she wondered as she

on the window, sh

her answer when they

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pital," a woman with a tight hair bun

at the Eastern guest hall of the King's palac

grand dining hall where the ceremony is about to be

ndidate for

ped forward,

inished and headed down another

's are seated," the girl muttered, h

straightened her rumpled gown

s growled from beside her, his voi

while I talk with the o

fered a smile to the two alphas and their lun

ght, and the hall was full. Yet,

ha in a conversation while t

she thought as she glanced

weeks since she'

amiliar gaze on her drew her attenti

ure that blended among the crowd. The surrounding n

he hairs on her skin standing as h

voice reached out to her,

e to