o hold on to that thought, but the rational part of me knew that it

drifted across the room together, accepting congratulations. Erina parted from Jason and we

ep, then two, and ended up flat-out running to him. I wiped m

. He slapped my hand away and took a ste

-" he w

ts way throu

me. I love you. I

disgust as he con

the sniveling, okay?" He turned his back on me and disappeared

most physical. It was like I had a hole punched right throug

t, is she?" said someone to my r

e able to shift properly," said anothe

tbroken and sad," someone

rown in my face. I looked up and stared at Erina's clique of frie

hat I fell a lot. My arms and legs were maps of scrapes and bruises by the time I got home. I locked myself in my room and looked around w

clothes into a large suitcase. I took the petty cash I

pped in his tracks. He glanced at the suitcas

you going?"

. "-rejected me as his mate in front of everyone. He chose Erina instead- an

nned me into silence. My life was literally

eard what you said! You

spoilt brat. If you make another move to leave this house, you'll suffer something much worse. You kno

life. It was nothing compared to what I faced now. I would gladly have spent all my days locked up in my room alone, but Lucinda was

fused to cry. But I made up for all the tears I refused to shed, in my room, bawling my eyes out. As if all that wasn't torture enough, I wasn't allowed to eat my meals in peace. I was

sk why I looked so unhappy and why I wasn

cinda to my father one time with a disdainful glance at me,

ants to murder her..." Lucinda shivered delicately. My

am of hurting Erina." And he glared at me as th

sed. And then one day, my father came into my room with Lucinda on his h

what new methods of emotional tor

come to the conclusion that you have to leave-" I

ve. I have to. I- My gaze fell on my su

om Alpha Ryder for the expensive course of medical treatment I had to cure for yo

you," Lucind

stomach. Instinctively, I kn

t to do with me l

pped, anger breaking through

s you as his maiden t

Rejected by my mate and now sent off to som

your belongings to

ed. "I won't go.

he will do to us if we don

ud, too stubborn to do as you're told?" She tugged at my father's arm

rying to find a cure for your condition, Kiara. You will get married to Alpha Ryder and that is the end of