e's

anquet was held in a lavishly decor

n designer suits and expensiv

in a dimly

already burning in my blood, making my

nter of the hall, Gideon stoo

e and confident, as if the wh

the cornerstone of our soci

, the strength to support eac

ech, my stomach chur

utter h

ience questions, Yara st

ng in a seat clearly reserved for nobility. Dissatisfied whispers murmured from the s

arly faking an air of emotional fragility, trembling slig

eve the stress of an Alpha, but gets accused by higher-

all fell sil

she was talk

Yara, a gentle, protec

Yara," Gideon said

y and cannot understand the struggles of a survivor. Y

wd, and the gazes directed at my dark co

corner of her eye, putting on a pitif

status to pretend to be

rom the stage and wal

cally parted to ma

my table, bl

ke a mate should, he leaned

mand felt less like a voice and more like an irresistible, o

rrass our p

man I had loved fo

voice calm but loud enough for sev

llness, or is it fine that you let my inner wolf slowly d

ce instantl

to hear," he said through gritted teeth, ang

ing hard to suppress t

folder from the tabl

olf Council Administrator

ator," I s

roll from the Supreme Medical

e violations of a healer's professional eth

x seal, shock filled t

d throughou

leather shoes carving angry marks into the soft

y? Take that back ri

him, my expressio

on," I said. "I no longe

ait for hi

t of the grand double doors,

was finally lifted, and I felt a

all, Gideon f

fter me, royal guards of the Sh

Gideon and handed him a black

ly ripped the

an elegant

attend the bonding ceremony of Alpha

uest quarters of the manor. He accompanied me quietly, like a si

e moment Gideon s

shook the entire banquet hall, as

like this, don't expect to