The Alpha Who Let Me Go

like a hurricane, and for a moment, it felt like the world stopped. She had dark hair, stormy eyes, and a presence that made her heart race, even if she didn't want i

n them that grew stronger. He looked at her for a split second, and their

s soon. His face got hard, like a

ice, but his eyes... those eyes were still burnin

hocked by how severe his tone was and how heavy his comments were. She didn't say anything o

how he had turned her down. Each

she would pass out in front of everyone. The pain of his words-his cruelty-hurt her more than she could have imagined. Deep

vicious chant: "You'll ruin everything." She held her ch

part. The laughter, the talking, and the flashes of judgment all faded as she move

with that kind of rejection in the air. Her wolf was

ftly, but the words seemed empty,

ent, and shame. She had always understood that the pack didn't want her the most. Always in the backgrou

ly to herself. "Why d

ard Lucien's words over and over in her thoughts. Damn. Dest

The sensation of not being seen. Why did she think

to go. She felt terrible about it, but

out loud, looking down at

er palm on her stomach, but the pain just got worse and twisted in a way she couldn't explai

something

raw and basic. It was like the wolf inside he

pain in my heart. It hurt a lot, phys

and deeper was go

on her stomach. Things had gotten out of hand in the last several hours-Lucien's rejection an

came and went, but it wasn't only the rejection that made her feel bad. Her breath hit

isper, closing her eyes as if the

hild that was now growing inside her. A flood of panic hit her, and it felt like it would drown her. Her chest felt con

. Just fear. There was no hope for the situation. She was pregnant with the child of a man w

ver her, and the lonel

't stay here after all that had happened. Not after what Lucien had told them. Her legs hur

e sweat from her brow and the cold of the eve

after the way he made her feel bad. His comments still hurt her heart, and each one reminded

acks and her heart raced. She stopped and looked a

n't by

meone or something was observing her. She couldn't see them, but she could feel

e resonated in her head. "Y

o get rid of the thought, but it

the trees around her. The presence was there, just below the veil of darknes