nth

s face lost

t? A

is hand, si

guments. It’s an order and

, he left

gaze. She flounced in front of

gh my cheek like a thousand ne

e. “You’ve finally destroyed my famil

f emotions crashed upon me, strangling

d my cries into mere whimpers. For the first ti

he one to heal me for eighteen years after every time they broke me. He never aske

dug into my cheeks. My eyes stung with tears at the p

rdensome, as yo

ng into tears. “I don’t want to marry them! I

she clung to Luna, sobbing bitterly. We shared the sam

n your doorstep. Especially not when death was coming to m

echoing the fatal silence of the palace. She was in another ro

e pain had lessened. I gently cradled my broken hand, wanting to feel

ith the threat of an impending tsunami. A fear of destruction with no escape.

forgotten now that everyone’

uch more pronounced and so did the

ressing table, fidgeting with my fingers

y mother, her diaries. Maybe

up as my room do

ost. He is going to be mad

ore a deep frown when he entered the room. Bu

aze traveled down my body to my wed

mmered agai

I didn’t tell him anything about you or the car thing…” I spoke in a breath, we

and I shut my eyes

oing to

. I glanced at

s, with a sneer he gritted his teeth an

a qui

ust ha

s grew louder and more rus

tch. It was ten mi

alked out of the room. Walking some distance

ll kill me. You know them, they are devils,”

diamonds. Something she always flaunted, something that no longer held v

A knot formed in my chest, tight

crying. You need to look… good for them,” Nikolai said, clenc

Her eyes were red, her voice hoarse, but she kept pleading sometim

wall. “It’s karma. That is why this is happening.

g a strangling pain throb

’s all my fault…” she slum

clock chimed loudly. Nathalia’s eyes wi

to her room, slammin

air crackled with power and dominance. T

the door! Lia! Don’t do this! Shit!” He

nking with the Alpha. Then, with a forceful pus

Suppressed sobs were the only

all hiding be

gged away, and her face kept flashing in my eyes

aking into tears. Leaning my head aga

I cried until I could no longer fi

m of my wedding gown, I ran as fast as I could with my

oom for the marriage ceremony. Eve

the backdoor of the ballroom. That was the place from where the brid

or a moment before fin

dden in the darkness. I didn’t dare glimpse w

rated for the marriage ceremony, y

with thunder and lightning, a

ng Nathalia parted

ll on me, but she didn’t re

d closer

my path to Alp

poke through gritted teeth. “Ca

g. “Only you can find happiness in

dimmed in his eyes w

assed by him and everyone else until I

into Alph

demon lords. Please l

sp in unison. Nathalia

lpha Valdimir,” a voice echo

ntil Luna Meesa yanked

ha looked at me, his

veil over my face. Lifting my right hand as high

’t say ano

loss. I never had a family. No one would cry at my dea

operly for disappointing her. In the end, I couldn’t fulfil her dreams.

ts, but guilt… it kills

rds flashed

in my hand with her trembling hands. She dropped her gaze when I l

inhaled deeply as t

isle. The ballroom filled with decent claps. My gaz

ered halfway

he fabric on my chest and sleeves, turning the white wedding gow

my hands turned into a bouquet of red spider lilies.

grip around the bouquet of spider

my hand at the f

es stood on