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aid, Martha, covered from head to toe in filth and stinking of the stab

iquid sloshed over my fingers, the pain a distant pi

of this?" I shrieke

y. She blubbered out the whole story-the dress in the trash

ears. When she described the dress being calle

I fell..." Martha wailed, ges

eed, rushed to my side. "My lady, pleas

heaving. "That bitch! That wolfless whore

l. It shattered into a thousand pieces, the sound doing nothing to quell the

fear. "My lady, perhaps this was a mistake.

You think I made a mistake? Are you calling

't mean..." Ivy stam

e, for the humiliation that was choking me. I snat

ed as I lu

mpled to the floor without another sound, a dark pool of blood spread

. She stared, her eyes wide with

ps. The act of violence had cooled my immediate rag

tha, my voice a dead, cold whi

ugly expression. This is your fault, Seraphina. This is just the begi

EON

shut the door on me was burned into my mind. The memory of her powerful Alpha scent, a scent I had been blind to for ye

w the state I was in, and a flicker of annoyance crosse

like this," she said softly. "You

re Alpha whose chosen mate can ne

eyes filled with tears. "Is the title that impo

ce. I sighed, pushing the gla

. "Then prove it. Prove that you are not defeat

ere would only invite more humil

st go. We must show them that we are not hiding in shame.

se. Hiding would only confirm my weakness. I had to face

esolve hardening inside

roke into a tr