TA

, my father, Gilford, dragged her into his study. I sto

To lose your composure over a man! Yo

nothing. Gilford never cared about his daugh

She looked at me like a cornered, rabid animal, but in t

in. She seemed calm, as if she had finall

sat on the edge of my bed

I can answer it now," she said, taking a deep b

eaped into

if telling someone else's story. "He was not the Alpha of the Hebert Pack then, just on

me a cup of wine. I drank it, and... the worl

ght air crept up my spine. So that was it.

For the sake of our family's name, the Sanders elders had no choice but to marry me to

side me. This man, Gilford Hebert, had not only destroyed my mother's lif

u loved... who was

the past. It's better not to speak of it. He surely has h

s still holding back. But I didn't press. I would find out. A

bonding ceremony fo

was a small, almost threadbare affair. Only a

as perfectly made up, but nothing could hide

ut it was mixed with a clear undercurrent of disappointment and frustration. He was likely

of blessing, Jamel prepared to place the temporar

a single tear escaped, trac

of joy. It was a t

wanted to comfort her, but in the end,

was no joy, no celebration. It felt like a business

watching the two people who had betrayed me be

e. It was a complex look, full of question

r a moment, then c

it now,

too