ide, as if something were slowly tearing her soul from her body.

e begged him to take it back, to see reason, to remember what she was to him: his fated mate, the one the Goddess had

n Kathy. Her

ned toward her parents, clingi

her to her mother, searching for a sign, a flicker o

s words were a cruel, calculated blow. "We must think of the pack, Amy. Not just our

words struck with the finality of a verdict. "Your siste

op beating altogether. She spun toward Kathy, hoping for

f remorse filled h

ou. I swear I didn't know Peter was your fated mate. If it weren't

o should have protected her were the very ones destroying her. And the worst part was the w

in ice. A certainty took hold: she would never look at them the same way again. They

her parents. And Peter... he was no longer h

betray her. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing her b

risingly composed, almost distan

only a coldness they had never known from her. Amy had always been warmth and lig

ed his throat, his

old gravity. "The pack already knows you were Peter's designated mate. You will

and her destiny away from her, but they were demanding she attend the ceremony,

arp, cutting edge, "I'm supposed to give up my

lpha Oswald retorted, a flas

e unyielding. "Do what you want. After al

aded, tears finally streaming do

my, a hollow sound that

We love you. We know you're suffering, but we have to do what's best for the pack. I

Amy's hand, murmuring

once adored, the person she cherished more than anyone, was n

. "I need to think. I need t

ng the frantic calls that erupted behind her-the apologies and pleas and jus

ices echoed in her mind, pleading through the pack link

e in her life, Am