a's
e cracked window of my tiny ro
ready? My
my towel, and rushed into the bathroom
I said und
lready
supposed to be at the hall early, helping the other omegas
s doors were barely hanging on, termites long since making a meal of it. I grabbed
e would care. N
over my head, the door
pha
struck l
cien Thorn, m
are you still
tammered, barel
house and go join
d orp
ph
hat's the name he call
gave her life for,
g on instinct, running my ass off toward the traditional hall
with a mate this year," my wolf whispe
mumbled back. "I'
t Pack, if you weren't at least twenty
d want to be my m
-ass o
n's family e
ose wolf isn'
th no tracea
my head, over and ove
rs started. I just felt th
still covered in dust. I wiped my face qui
hes, I began to dust the tables a
e omegas whispered behind me,
like I
he sneer in her voice
rs, eyes down, fingers
, they weren't friends at all. Their words cut deeper
ose behind me, c
l, I sai
iping. Like I
es trooped in, one after the other, their expensive colo
not to flinch every time someone pa
to join th
ce sounding through the tall hall. "We are gathered here to hon
eats in the front, their mates beside them, all dressed in silks and gold.But the Alpha and his mates fro
me. I wasn't supposed to be seen. I w
s led the way, followed by the Alpha and his L
al family as they join
st of the pack followed suit,
the right side of the hall," the Master of Ce
tling of silk and chiffon. Omegas and high-ranking wolves' daughters, all of them who had turn
n front of me. I didn't qualify. Not yet. But watchi
ing their fated partners should step
attle-scarred sentinels, and noble sons all hopeful, some
en I s
tepf
Lucien
ted males, like this wasn't the fifth time he'd don
urse
d at my throat, but
w many mates would be discarded l
ms as I looked away, the
ere for lo
here t
esses and fade i
me, my wolf watched the ce
lves standing be blessed with their destined mate," Eld
out th
parks flew. Around the hall, wolves stiffened as the mate bond snapped into place, pairs locking eyes, marki
d
part of this. I was eightee
I felt it
d up my body . The tingling
art a
, it c
ll, undeniable and st
n front of me.
a
oked up and the world tilted. Alpha King Lucien Thor