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ck Fle

oped would love m

ldn't feel a thing when I met him. But watching him as he approached m

ked away, forcing

o you myself," he leaned against t

y words. I feared there would be a cra

arting around. Roderick looked sophisticated,

doing here? Was h

" He tilted his h

g, won't even

el

my name to strangers," I final

here was a man who never smiled at m

bitch to arrive." When I gave him a puzzled look,he added, "Ex-mate. We are through wit

He was un

id girl has been missing for years. Stressed us th

horrid?" I found myself a

er. If you see her, you'd have the same opin

hest. It was all I could do no

s not the r

ea he was standing before the very woman he des

ly wanted to drag me to the temple to cut the ribbon. Wel

my luggage fi

'am," the young man said

st have surprised him. "I'd love to speak to you

ned around when I found the most polite one I could give; "Even if I hav

prise danced in her eyes,

omed in my ches

e away, leaving him st

*†*

o the party. It was my ste

ing-may the moon forbid it-I just arri

and shirt on with my hair in a ponytail. Yet, when

nt. The whole attention t

til I was free of my scar. Now, people could hardly

with a smile. "Hi! You're a little

ds with the hot girls. She despised me so much as I broug

or inh face, not letting me in despite

nswered her coldly and looked awa

sts. He was the reason I was here. I needed to know wha

, staring suspiciousl

ora came after me, so

her until I re

arty filled with dignitaries. I did well to b

?" My stepmo

t that you can't recognize me?" I looked to fath

around me. Nora's hand

e," she muttered,

s were filled with sh

d. "Do you think we lack knowledge of what Lyri

e was something important you needed to talk to me about. If

aving numerous shocked persons

hey were speechless. They couldn't call me ugly. As a matte

? Your scar was impossible t

s that happened within five years. I was still trying t

g for years. You just... vanished." He sighed. "We have a problem, Lyric. Our Pack is in a deep mess wi

t like where t

Alphas that always ranked first in the hierarchy system. They were avoided as much as po

and coming from a pack that was used to being at the top, believe m

idn't make any sense. I s

na from this family