A

y Lina," Asher said, sq

arry her. After what he had just finished saying

ed down my cheeks. I couldn't do anything at the slice of pain that sh

I completely understand him. Even if I shouldn't. Even if I now know he and Lina have been doing it. But deciding to get married to Lina on

is if both Lina and Asher planned this, or if Lina did this alone since she provided the pictures

hts and what was going on when

e this more inter

Asher's father and the king of Zakori, as

n shifted his

He reached out to take my hand in his, and I pla

etely giddy with excitement, as well as panicking. I, on the other hand,

gasps and whispers instantaneously filled the hall once more. But I

rry the stranger, who was Asher's uncle, and ruin my life. I'd just been branded a whore, and no lycan, despite being one myself, would even look at me twice after

t was the only plausible explanation for this insanity. Because who in their right mi

, crashing into each other, and there w

about the way he looked at me that completely unnerved me. Nia and

ans to where I don't have to be shamed any longer fo

of flutters exploded from every single po

hat Zara?' Nia

king did. Wha

arry me. A woman who had been branded a bond betrayer on her wedding day. He would have to

y?" the word spilled from my lips in a bre

ooked around with a small smile playing on his lips as if he was telling me a secret o

ault because I wasn't myself last night, but I didn't know wha

ng his body as I knew that t

ame and humiliation that has been unfairly thrust upon you. And if you are thinking that I had a hand in any of thi

uldn't quite name. Was it gratitude, relief, or perhaps something else that I didn't know? I trusted him.

s wife," I said quietly. "

t please consider what is best for you. Will you allow yourself to be swept aw

ve ever wanted to do since I found out I might not have acted completely

Now, I was faced with a choice that could change the course of my life forever, and I knew I had to be b

e was a certain tone of conviction in his voice, and I wondered if it was partly because he blamed himself for what had happened to me. "Together, we will ge

ursing through my veins, I turned to Chase, my heart pounding with a mixture of fear an