as
This was it-the moment I'd dreamed o
n us. I tried to ignore them, focusing instead on the man in fr
ing me I was born to be powerful and mated to the Royal blood, even though I wasn't a Royal. Five years ago, my parents were killed on their wa
aw something flicker in them. Doubt? Before
he is. She is not fit to come close to me, let alone be my m
the mate of
al blow. My legs went weak, an
eve what I was hearing. Kael shook
won't bind myself to you;
there, numb, as my world crumbled around me. R
ishly, and also Ethan, the Lycan King himself, watching from his throne. His face was unreadable,
ppened sank in, I did the only
om the life I thought I was going to have. I ran until my lung
o me and dragged me back, hugging me and pretend
you idiot? Trying to r
e of the pack members who had followed us out of curiosity bega
eered. "Not even good enough
ht she was above her station. Gu
, her nails digging into my skin as s
r the benefit of our audience. "Let'
sdain. She had always been jealous of the attention I received, of the possibility
She stood there, arms crossed, a small smirk playing on her lips.
lace, these people. But the shock of rejection had left m
eard one of them say, "I wonder what the Lycan King thinks
," another vo
mask, his eyes following my stumbling progress across the grounds. For a moment, our gazes locked, and I felt a jolt o
out it," she hissed
own my chin. I had always thought that by now, I would be mated to the
e and leave this pack. Finally, I decided to leave the pack
he pack. While I was on my way, I felt someone trailing behind me. I started moving fast, but the figure kept
My life crashed at that moment. If this stranger would
elt lips on mine. I wanted to push this strange person away, but the cologne that filled my nostrils made my hand weak. Before I r
ed on the road, on the same day I was reje